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THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
Volume 110, Issue 4, Pages 509-516Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0712-0
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We quantify the effect of the snow-albedo feedback on Swiss spring temperature trends using daily temperature and snow depth measurements from six station pairs for the period 1961-2011. We show that the daily mean 2-m temperature of a spring day without snow cover is on average 0.4 A degrees C warmer than one with snow cover at the same location. This estimate is comparable with estimates from climate modelling studies. Caused by the decreases in snow pack, the snow-albedo feedback amplifies observed temperature trends in spring. The influence is small and confined to areas around the upward-moving snow line in spring and early summer. For the 1961-2011 period, the related temperature trend increases are in the order of 3-7 % of the total observed trend.
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