Black Carbon (BC) in the snow of glaciers in west China and its potential effects on albedos

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-123

  Ming, Jing ^a,b,c,d   Xiao, Cunde ^b,c   Cachier, Helene ^e   Qin, Dahe ^a,c   Qin, Xiang ^c   Li, Zhongqi ^c   Pu, Jianchen ^c  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Albedo; Black carbon; Glacier; Snow; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; GLACIER; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SAMPLING SITES; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

CARBON BLACK;

ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLACIER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SNOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 58549089869     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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