Spectral albedo of seasonal snow during intensive melt period at Sodankylä, beyond the Arctic Circle

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: O. Meinander, S. Kazadzis, A. Arola, A. Riihelä, P. Räisänen, R. Kivi, A. Kontu, R. Kouznetsov, M. Sofiev, J. Svensson, H. Suokanerva, V. Aaltonen, T. Manninen, J.-L. Roujean, O. Hautecoeur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Arctic; Kola Peninsula; Sodankylä; albedo; black carbon; kola peninsula
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3793-2013; https://doaj.org/article/0d67b7829f9c485591980dfcf3c04375

We have measured spectral albedo, as well as ancillary parameters, of seasonal European Arctic snow at Sodankylä, Finland (67°22' N, 26°39' E). The springtime intensive melt period was observed during the Snow Reflectance Transition Experiment (SNORTEX) in April 2009. The upwelling and dow...