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Physically based model of the contribution of red snow algal cells to temporal changes in albedo in northwest Greenland
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Chiba, 277-8574, Japan
Nozomu Takeuchi
Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
Sota Tanaka
Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
Naoko Nagatsuka
National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, 190-8518, Japan
Masashi Niwano
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency,
Tsukuba, 305-0052, Japan
Teruo Aoki
National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, 190-8518, Japan
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency,
Tsukuba, 305-0052, Japan
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Short summary
Surface snow albedo is substantially reduced by organic impurities, such as microbes that live in the snow. We present the temporal changes of surface albedo, snow grain size, and inorganic and organic impurities observed on a snowpack in northwest Greenland during summer and our attempt to reproduce the changes in albedo with a physically based snow albedo model coupled with a snow algae model. To our knowledge, this is the first report proposing such a coupled albedo model in Greenland.
Surface snow albedo is substantially reduced by organic impurities, such as microbes that live...
