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Research article
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13 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 13 Jan 2021
| 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
Department of Environmental Sciences, Huxley College of the
Environment, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research
in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado – Boulder, Boulder, CO,
USA
Heidi M. Dierssen
Department of Marine Sciences and Geography, University of
Connecticut, Groton, CT, USA
Ted A. Scambos
Earth Science and Observation Center, Cooperative Institute for
Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado – Boulder,
Boulder, CO, USA
Juan Höfer
Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Centro FONDAP de Investigación en Dinámica de Ecosistemas
Marinos de Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Valdivia, Chile
Raul R. Cordero
Department of Physics, University of Santiago, Av. Bernardo O'Higgins
3363, Santiago, Chile
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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.
We present radiative forcing (RF) estimates by snow algae in the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) region...
