Estimated impact of black carbon deposition during pre-monsoon season from Nepal Climate Observatory - Pyramid data and snow albedo changes over Himalayan glaciers

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6603-6615

  Yasunari, T J ^a,b   Bonasoni, P ^c   Laj, P ^d   Fujita, K ^e   Vuillermoz, E ^c   Marinoni, A ^c   Cristofanelli, P ^c   Duchi, R ^c   Tartari, G ^f   Lau, K M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 77954779633     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-6603-2010     Document Type: Article

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