On the influence of erect shrubs on the irradiance profile in snow

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: M. Belke-Brea, F. Domine, G. Picard, M. Barrere, L. Arnaud
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Life; QH501-531; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Umiujaq; black carbon; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5851-2021; https://doaj.org/article/d5d971d721214a94a7850403eb4067a6

The warming-induced expansion of shrubs in the Arctic is transforming snowpacks into a mixture of snow, impurities and buried branches. Because snow is a translucent medium into which light penetrates up to tens of centimetres, buried branches may alter the snowpack radiation budget with important c...