Snow and albedo climate change impacts across the United States Northern Great Plains
In areas with a seasonal snowpack, a warmer climate could cause less snowfall, a shallower snowpack, and a change in the timing of snowmelt, all which could reduce the winter albedo and yield an increase in net short-wave radiation. Trends in temperature, precipitation (total and as snow), days with...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-02-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/329/2016/tc-10-329-2016.pdf |