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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2057-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2057-2015
Research article
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10 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 10 Nov 2015

The global land shortwave cryosphere radiative effect during the MODIS era

D. Singh, M. G. Flanner, and J. Perket

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Our work quantifies the effect of snow/ice cover on Earth's top-of-atmosphere solar energy budget. We used higher resolution MODIS data, combined with microwave retrievals of snow presence and radiative kernels produced from 4 different models for Cryosphere Radiative Effect (CrRE) estimation. We have estimated a global land-based CrRE of about -2.6Wm-2 during 2001-2013, with about 59% of the effect originating from Antarctica. We were also be able to resolve contribution from mountain glaciers.
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