Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-179-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-179-2018
Research article
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10 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 10 Jan 2018

Modelling hydrologic impacts of light absorbing aerosol deposition on snow at the catchment scale

Felix N. Matt, John F. Burkhart, and Joni-Pekka Pietikäinen

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (13 Mar 2017) by Jan Seibert
AR by Felix Matt on behalf of the Authors (26 May 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 May 2017) by Jan Seibert
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (19 Jun 2017)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (15 Jul 2017) by Jan Seibert
AR by Felix Matt on behalf of the Authors (25 Aug 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (10 Sep 2017) by Jan Seibert
AR by Felix Matt on behalf of the Authors (21 Oct 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (07 Nov 2017) by Jan Seibert
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Short summary
Certain particles that have the ability to absorb sunlight deposit onto mountain snow via atmospheric transport mechanisms and then lower the snow's ability to reflect sunlight, which increases snowmelt. Herein we present a model aiming to simulate this effect and model the impacts on the streamflow of a southern Norwegian river. We find a significant difference in streamflow between simulations with and without the effect of light absorbing particles applied, in particular during spring melt.