Surface albedo plays a controlling role in the surface energy budget, and albedo-induced
radiative forcing has a significant impact on climate and environmental change (eg, global …

Snow cover plays an essential role in climate change and the hydrological cycle of the
Tibetan Plateau. The widely used Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) …

Black carbon (BC) has been measured in Antarctica's air, and its global warming effect can
potentially speed up the ice melting in the most solid water reservoir of the planet. However …

Worldwide, snow and ice can be polluted with impurities also referred as Light-Absorbing
Particles (LAPs). In this chapter, we review the different processes occurring at middle …

The broadband surface albedo of snow can greatly be reduced by the deposition of light-
absorbing impurities, such as black carbon on or near its surface. Such a reduction …

Andean glaciers have melted rapidly since the 1960s. While some melting is likely due to
anthropogenic climate change driven by increasing greenhouse gases, deposition of light …

Dense water out of the Antarctic shelves is expected to drive the transport of carbon into the
deep Southern Ocean via the formation of Antarctic Bottom Water. However, bottom water …

Black carbon (BC) has been identified as one of the primary contributors to climate change,
primarily due to its exceptional capacity to absorb solar radiation. This leads to a reduction in …

Snow-covered regions are the main source of reflection of incident shortwave radiation on
the Earth's surface. The deposition of light-absorbing particles on these regions increases …

Snow covers are very sensitive to contamination from soot agglomerates derived from
vehicles. A spectroradiometric system covering a wavelength from 300 to 2500 nm with …