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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1757-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1757-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Impact of shrub branches on the shortwave vertical irradiance profile in snow
Takuvik Joint International Laboratory, Université Laval (Canada) and CNRS-INSU (France), Québec, Canada
Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Department of Chemistry, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Mireille Quémener
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
Département de physique, de génie physique et d'optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers, Québec, Canada
Ludovick Bégin
CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
Département de physique, de génie physique et d'optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers, Québec, Canada
Benjamin Bouchard
Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
CentrEau – Water Research Center, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Valérie Dionne
Department of Chemistry, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
Sébastien Jerczynski
CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
Département de physique, de génie physique et d'optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers, Québec, Canada
Raphaël Larouche
Takuvik Joint International Laboratory, Université Laval (Canada) and CNRS-INSU (France), Québec, Canada
Département de physique, de génie physique et d'optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Félix Lévesque-Desrosiers
Takuvik Joint International Laboratory, Université Laval (Canada) and CNRS-INSU (France), Québec, Canada
Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Département de physique, de génie physique et d'optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Simon-Olivier Philibert
Department of Chemistry, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
Marc-André Vigneault
CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
Département de physique, de génie physique et d'optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers, Québec, Canada
Ghislain Picard
IGE, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
Daniel C. Côté
CERVO Brain Research Center, Québec, Canada
Département de physique, de génie physique et d'optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers, Québec, Canada
Model code and software
TARTES v2.0 G. Picard https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13950598
Short summary
Shrubs buried in snow absorb solar radiation and reduce irradiance in the snowpack. This decreases photochemical reaction rates and emissions to the atmosphere. By monitoring irradiance in snowpacks with and without shrubs, we conclude that shrubs absorb solar radiation as much as 140 ppb of soot and reduce irradiance by a factor of 2. Shrub expansion in the Arctic may therefore affect tropospheric composition during the snow season with climatic effects.
Shrubs buried in snow absorb solar radiation and reduce irradiance in the snowpack. This...