Investigating the impact of aerosol deposition on snowmelt over the Greenland Ice Sheet using a large-ensemble kernel

Li, Yang; Flanner, Mark G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16005-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16005-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16005-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 21

Research article

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07 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 07 Nov 2018

Investigating the impact of aerosol deposition on snowmelt over the Greenland Ice Sheet using a large-ensemble kernel

Yang Li and Mark G. Flanner

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Final revised paper (published on 07 Nov 2018)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review: “Investigating the impact of aerosol deposition on snow melt over the Greenland Ice Sheet using a large-ensemble kernel” by Li and Flanner submitted for publication in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Jul 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Yang Li, 13 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Comment on "Investigating the Impact of Aerosol Deposition on Snow Melt over the Greenland Ice Sheet Using a Large-Ensemble Kernel"', Anonymous Referee #3, 11 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #3', Yang Li, 13 Sep 2018

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

AR by Yang Li on behalf of the Authors (13 Sep 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (05 Oct 2018) by Yves Balkanski

AR by Yang Li on behalf of the Authors (08 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Oct 2018) by Yves Balkanski

AR by Yang Li on behalf of the Authors (19 Oct 2018)

Short summary

Light-absorbing impurities enhance snowmelt by boosting the absorption of solar energy. It is therefore important for coupled aerosol–climate and ice sheet models to include this effect, and yet most do not. We conduct several thousand simulations and develop a kernel and linear equations relating melt runoff on the Greenland Ice Sheet to the timing and amount of black carbon within precipitation and dry deposition, which can be used to extend the utility of state-of-the-art aerosol models.