Deposition of light-absorbing particles in  glacier snow of the Sunderdhunga Valley, the  southern forefront of the central Himalayas

Svensson, Jonas; Ström, Johan; Honkanen, Henri; Asmi, Eija; Dkhar, Nathaniel B.; Tayal, Shresth; Sharma, Ved P.; Hooda, Rakesh; Leppäranta, Matti; Jacobi, Hans-Werner; Lihavainen, Heikki; Hyvärinen, Antti

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2931-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2931-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2931-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 4

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26 Feb 2021

Research article |

| 26 Feb 2021

Deposition of light-absorbing particles in glacier snow of the Sunderdhunga Valley, the southern forefront of the central Himalayas

Jonas Svensson, Johan Ström, Henri Honkanen, Eija Asmi, Nathaniel B. Dkhar, Shresth Tayal, Ved P. Sharma, Rakesh Hooda, Matti Leppäranta, Hans-Werner Jacobi, Heikki Lihavainen, and Antti Hyvärinen

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Solid findings of value to assessing absorbing particulate in the Himalaya', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Dec 2020
AC1: 'Comment on acp-2020-1059', Jonas Svensson, 22 Jan 2021

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Feb 2021) by Andreas Petzold

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Light-absorbing particles specifically affect snowmelt in the Himalayas. Through measurements of the constituents in glacier snow pits from the Indian Himalayas our investigations show that different snow layers display striking similarities. These similarities can be characterized by a deposition constant. Our results further indicate that mineral dust can be responsible for the majority of light absorption in the snow in this part of the Himalayas.