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Estimation of Radiative Forcing from Snow Darkening with Black Carbon Using Climate Model Data

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Using a balance model of the snow layer, we estimate the concentration of black carbon (BC) in the snow; then, with the help of radiative transfer model SNICAR, we calculate the snow albedo and radiative forcing (RF) from snow darkening with BC. Data from an ensemble simulation with INMCM5, the 5th version of the climate model of Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences for the period 1998–2002 are used as input, which include snow both on land and on sea ice. The regionally averaged results are compared with other model data and field measurements.

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This work was carried out at the Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, with support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant no. 18-05-61083 (assessment of RF from BC in snow), and the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 20-17-00190 (carrying out numerical experiments with the INMCM5 model).

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  1. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia

    A. Yu. Chernenkov

  2. Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia

    S. V. Kostrykin

  3. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, 107258, Moscow, Russia

    S. V. Kostrykin

  4. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    S. V. Kostrykin

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Chernenkov, A.Y., Kostrykin, S.V. Estimation of Radiative Forcing from Snow Darkening with Black Carbon Using Climate Model Data. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 57, 133–141 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433821020031

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