Sentences with phrase «snow grain growth»

Simulating the variation of the ice sheet's albedo using a regional climate model — Modèle Atmosphérique Régionale (MAR), which some members of the team helped develop — indicated that increasing temperatures and melting accompanied by snow grain growth and greater bare ice exposure account for about half the decline, the scientists report.

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For pure snow, grain growth from new snow (grains around 0.1 millimeter in radius) to old melting snow (radius around 1 millimeter) can reduce broadband albedo by around 10 %.