Origin and radiative forcing of black carbon transported to the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2837-2852

  Kopacz, M ^a   Mauzerall, D L ^a,b   Wang, J ^c   Leibensperger, E M ^d   Henze, D K ^e   Singh, K ^f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UCB 450   (United States)

^f State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL; GLACIER RETREAT; POINT SOURCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79953132184     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-2837-2011     Document Type: Article

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