Characterizing Surface Albedo of Shallow Fresh Snow and Its Importance for Snow Ablation on the Interior of the Tibetan Plateau
Wenli Wang1, Kun Yang2, Long Zhao3, Ziyan Zheng4, Hui Lu5, Ali Mamtimin6, Baohong Ding7, Xin Li7, Lin Zhao8, Hongyi Li9, Tao Che10 and John C. Moore11, (1)Tsinghua University, Center for Earth System Science, Beijing, China, (2)Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, (3)Southwestern University, School of Geographical Sciences, Chongqing, China, (4)Key Laboratory of Regional Climate–Environment for Temperate East Asia (RCE-TEA), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (5)Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, (6)CMA China Meteorological Administration, Institute of Desert Meteorology, Beijing, China, (7)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (8)NUIST Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing, China, (9)Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (10)Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (11)Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China