The Cryosphere
The Cryosphere
The Cryosphere
Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
The Cryosphere, 15, 133–148, 2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-133-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
The Cryosphere, 15, 133–148, 2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-133-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article 13 Jan 2021

Research article | 13 Jan 2021

Spectral characterization, radiative forcing and pigment content of coastal Antarctic snow algae: approaches to spectrally discriminate red and green communities and their impact on snowmelt

Alia L. Khan et al.

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Red and Green Snow Algae Surface Spectra A. Khan https://doi.org/10.15784/601412

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We present radiative forcing (RF) estimates by snow algae in the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) region from multi-year measurements of solar radiation and ground-based hyperspectral characterization of red and green snow algae collected during a brief field expedition in austral summer 2018. Mean daily RF was double for green (~26 W m−2) vs. red (~13 W m−2) snow algae during the peak growing season, which is on par with midlatitude dust attributions capable of advancing snowmelt.
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