Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-269-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-269-2021
Research article
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12 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 12 Jan 2021

Satellite-based radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles in snow across the Northern Hemisphere

Jiecan Cui, Tenglong Shi, Yue Zhou, Dongyou Wu, Xin Wang, and Wei Pu

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AR by Jiecan Cui on behalf of the Authors (29 Jul 2020)  Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Aug 2020) by Nikos Hatzianastassiou
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (22 Aug 2020)
RR by Edward Bair (30 Aug 2020)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (13 Sep 2020) by Nikos Hatzianastassiou
AR by Jiecan Cui on behalf of the Authors (19 Sep 2020)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Oct 2020) by Nikos Hatzianastassiou
AR by Jiecan Cui on behalf of the Authors (26 Oct 2020)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (07 Nov 2020) by Nikos Hatzianastassiou
AR by Jiecan Cui on behalf of the Authors (09 Nov 2020)
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We make the first quantitative, remote-sensing-based, and hemisphere-scale assessment of radiative forcing (RF) due to light-absorbing particles (LAPs) in snow. We observed significant spatial variations in snow albedo reduction and RF due to LAPs throughout the Northern Hemisphere, with the lowest values occurring in the Arctic and the highest in northeastern China. We determined that the LAPs in snow play a critical role in spatial variability in Northern Hemisphere albedo reduction and RF.
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