Light-Absorbing Impurities on Urumqi Glacier No.1 in Eastern Tien Shan: Concentrations and Implications for Radiative Forcing Estimates During the Ablation Period

Zhang, Xin; Li, Zhongqin; You, Xue-yi; She, Yuanyang; Song, Mengyuan; Zhou, Xi

doi:10.3389/feart.2021.524963

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“…A radiative forcing model suggests that black carbon can decrease albedo by 12.8% in fresh snow and 23.3% on old snow (Zhang et al, 2021). Flanner (2013) calculated that the presence of black carbon on arctic glaciers contributes to an energy balance sensitivity of +0.5 ± 0.4 W m À2 K À1 .…”

Section: Glaciersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Black carbon and other light‐absorbing impurities on snow or ice can decrease albedo and increase shortwave radiation absorption (Bertoncini et al, 2022; Pu et al, 2021). A radiative forcing model suggests that black carbon can decrease albedo by 12.8% in fresh snow and 23.3% on old snow (Zhang et al, 2021). Flanner (2013) calculated that the presence of black carbon on arctic glaciers contributes to an energy balance sensitivity of +0.5 ± 0.4 W m −2 K −1 .…”

Section: Climate Sensitivity and The Mountain Cryospherementioning

confidence: 99%

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The sensitivity and evolutionary trajectory of the mountain cryosphere: Implications for mountain geomorphic systems and hazards

Knight

Harrison

2023

Land Degrad Dev

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Global climate change gives rise to changing spatial patterns of snow and ice, especially over mountain blocks where orographic and synoptic circulation effects play significant roles in creating patterns of precipitation and glacier development. The presence of snow and ice results in heat balance changes and other land surface feedbacks that have implications for patterns of mountain glacier retreat and the dynamics of mountain geomorphic systems. This study considers the sensitivity of the mountain cryosphere (snow, ice, permafrost) to global climate change, and the implications of this sensitivity analysis for evaluating mountain surface stability, geomorphic change, and the generation of mountain geohazards. Consideration of these issues is informed by evidence from case studies reported in the literature and by field observations of mountain system dynamics worldwide. Results show that ‘sensitivity’ to climate forcing has been interpreted and defined in different ways in mountain snow, ice, and permafrost systems, with respect to properties such as albedo, mass balance or rapidity of system change. There are also significant spatial differences in sensitivity between different mountain blocks for snow, ice and permafrost, and these regions are therefore likely to follow different trajectories of geomorphic change in response to climate forcing, related to their physiographic properties and the extent of cryospheric coverage. Within glaciated mountains in particular, the relative timing of different geomorphic events, and the interplay between slope, glacier front, and proglacial sediment sources and environments, may vary depending on glacier size, geomorphic setting, and microclimate. By contrast, responses to permafrost warming (increased surface instability and mass movements) and changes in snow patterns (avalanche risk, floods) may have quite different spatial and temporal patterns and influenced by different environmental controls. An integrated evolutionary model for mountain system development under a changing cryosphere is proposed, highlighting the critical role of energy balance as a forcing factor that then triggers downstream mountain system responses. This suggests that different elements of mountain systems exhibit different sensitivities, and furthermore that these sensitivities change over time and space through the period of anthropogenic global warming and paraglacial relaxation.

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Section: Glaciersmentioning

confidence: 99%