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Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1473-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1473-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
Research article
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15 May 2019
Research article |  | 15 May 2019

Quantifying the snowmelt–albedo feedback at Neumayer Station, East Antarctica

Constantijn L. Jakobs, Carleen H. Reijmer, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Gert König-Langlo, and Michiel R. van den Broeke

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We use 24 years of observations at Neumayer Station, East Antarctica, to calculate the surface energy balance and the associated surface melt, which we find to be mainly driven by the absorption of solar radiation. Meltwater can refreeze in the subsurface snow layers, thereby decreasing the surface albedo and hence allowing for more absorption of solar radiation. By implementing an albedo parameterisation, we show that this feedback accounts for a threefold increase in surface melt at Neumayer.
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