Enhancement of snow albedo reduction and radiative forcing due to coated black carbon in snow

Pu, Wei; Shi, Tenglong; Cui, Jiecan; Chen, Yang; Zhou, Yue; Wang, Xin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2255-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2255-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2255-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 5

Research article

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17 May 2021

Research article |

| 17 May 2021

Enhancement of snow albedo reduction and radiative forcing due to coated black carbon in snow

Wei Pu, Tenglong Shi, Jiecan Cui, Yang Chen, Yue Zhou, and Xin Wang

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RC1: 'Review comments on "Enhancement of snow albedo reduction and radiative forcing due to coated black carbon in snow"', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', W. Pu, 09 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Anonymous Referee #2', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', W. Pu, 09 Mar 2021
AC3: 'Responses to the Editor on tc-2020-238', W. Pu, 09 Mar 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (15 Mar 2021) by Mark Flanner

AR by Wei Pu on behalf of the Authors (15 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Mar 2021) by Mark Flanner

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Mar 2021)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Mar 2021) by Mark Flanner

AR by Wei Pu on behalf of the Authors (30 Mar 2021) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We have explicitly resolved optical properties of coated BC in snow for explaining complex enhancement of snow albedo reduction due to coating effect in real environments. The parameterizations are developed for climate models to improve the understanding of BC in snow on global climate. We demonstrated that the contribution of BC coating effect to snow light absorption has exceeded dust over north China and will significantly contribute to the retreat of Arctic sea ice and Tibetan glaciers.