When a photon hits the snow, what does it see ?
Published on July 13, 2023
Scientists from the Institut des géosciences de l’environnement of Grenoble (IGE – CNRS/Inrae/IRD/UGA/Grenoble INP-UGA) and the Centre d’études de la neige (CEN – CNRM/Météo-France/CNRS) have studied the interactions between sunlight and snow at the micrometer scale, which determines the snow ‘whiteness’ and consequently has a crucial impact in the Earth’s climate. In an article published the 7 July 2023 in Nature Communications, these scientists have defined and quantified a new concept : the optical (...)
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