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Light Absorbing Heating Method

Currently, four scientific articles have been published in peer reviewed journals which use LAHM instruments:

Torres, Suarez, Schmitt, Estevan, Helmig, 2018: Measurement of light absorbing particles in the snow of the Huaytapallana glacier in the central Andes of Peru and their effect on albedo and radiative forcing, Optica pura y aplicada, vol. 51, issue 4. Link to article

Sanchez Rodriguez and Schmitt, 2018: Partículas absorbentes de luz durante El Niño y El Niño Costero en los glaciares de la Cordillera Blanca, Revista de Glaciares y Ecosistemas de Montaña, vol. 4, 9-22. Link to journal issue

Khan, Dierssen, Schwarz, Schmitt, Chlus, Hermanson, Painter, and McKnight, 2017: Impacts of coal dust from an active mine on the spectral reflectance of Arctic surface snow in Svalbard, Norway. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 122, 1767-1778. Link to article

Schmitt, All, Schwarz, Arnott, Cole, Lapham, and Celestian, 2015: Measurements of light-absorbing particles on the glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, The Cryosphere, vol. 9, 331-340. Link to article

Several additional publications are in preparation or in review.