The remote sensing of radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles (LAPs) in seasonal snow over northeastern China

Pu, Wei; Cui, Jiecan; Shi, Tenglong; Zhang, Xuelei; He, Cenlin; Wang, Xin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9949-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9949-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9949-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 15

Research article

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08 Aug 2019

Research article |

| 08 Aug 2019

The remote sensing of radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles (LAPs) in seasonal snow over northeastern China

Wei Pu, Jiecan Cui, Tenglong Shi, Xuelei Zhang, Cenlin He, and Xin Wang

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RC1: 'Comments on 'Radiative Forcing by Light-Absorbing Particles in Snow in Northeastern China Retrieved from Satellite Observations'', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Responses to the comments of Referee #1', W. Pu, 14 May 2019
RC2: 'Review of “Radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles in snow in Northeastern China retrieved from satellite observations” by Pu et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'Responses to the comments of Referee #2', W. Pu, 14 May 2019

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AR by Wei Pu on behalf of the Authors (14 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 May 2019) by Qiang Zhang

RR by Jing Ming (21 May 2019)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (21 May 2019) by Qiang Zhang

AR by Wei Pu on behalf of the Authors (16 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Jun 2019) by Qiang Zhang

RR by Jing Ming (28 Jun 2019)

ED: Publish as is (28 Jun 2019) by Qiang Zhang

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LAPs (light-absorbing particles) deposited on snow can decrease snow albedo and increase the absorption of solar radiation. Radiative forcing by LAPs will affect the regional hydrological cycle and climate. We use MODIS observations to retrieve the radiative forcing by LAPs in snow across northeastern China (NEC). The results of radiative forcing present distinct spatial variability. We find that the biases are negatively correlated with LAP concentrations and range from ~ 5 % to ~ 350 %.