Combining atmospheric and snow radiative transfer models to assess the solar radiative effects of black carbon in the Arctic

Donth, Tobias; Jäkel, Evelyn; Ehrlich, André; Heinold, Bernd; Schacht, Jacob; Herber, Andreas; Zanatta, Marco; Wendisch, Manfred

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8139-2020

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Combining atmospheric and snow radiative transfer models to assess the solar radiative effects of black carbon in the Arctic

Tobias Donth, Evelyn Jäkel, André Ehrlich, Bernd Heinold, Jacob Schacht, Andreas Herber, Marco Zanatta, and Manfred Wendisch

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RC1: 'Review of « Combining atmospheric and snow layer radiative transfer models to assess the solar radiative effects of black carbon in the Arctic »', Quentin Libois, 27 Feb 2020
- AC1: 'Replies to reviewer#1', Evelyn Jäkel, 15 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Combining atmospheric and snow layer radiative transfer models to assess the solar radiative effects of black carbon in the Arctic "', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Replies to reviewer#2', Evelyn Jäkel, 15 Jun 2020

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AR by Evelyn Jäkel on behalf of the Authors (19 Jun 2020)

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Solar radiative effects of Arctic black carbon (BC) particles (suspended in the atmosphere and in the surface snowpack) were quantified under cloudless and cloudy conditions. An atmospheric and a snow radiative transfer model were coupled to account for radiative interactions between both compartments. It was found that (i) the warming effect of BC in the snowpack overcompensates for the atmospheric BC cooling effect, and (ii) clouds tend to reduce the atmospheric BC cooling and snow BC warming.