Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1757-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1757-2025
Research article
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06 May 2025
Research article |  | 06 May 2025

Impact of shrub branches on the shortwave vertical irradiance profile in snow

Florent Domine, Mireille Quémener, Ludovick Bégin, Benjamin Bouchard, Valérie Dionne, Sébastien Jerczynski, Raphaël Larouche, Félix Lévesque-Desrosiers, Simon-Olivier Philibert, Marc-André Vigneault, Ghislain Picard, and Daniel C. Côté

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TARTES v2.0 G. Picard https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13950598

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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.
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