Dust radiative forcing in snow of the Upper Colorado River Basin: 1. A 6 year record of energy balance, radiation, and dust concentrations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Painter, Thomas H ^a,b   Skiles, S McKenzie ^b   Deems, Jeffrey S ^c,d   Bryant, Ann C ^e   Landry, Christopher C ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c National Snow and Ice Data Center   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COLORADO , USA; COLORADO PLATEAU; COLORADO RIVER BASIN; DIRECT REDUCTION; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST LOADING; FORCINGS; GEOMETRIC EFFECTS; GREAT BASIN; INDIRECT REDUCTION; LONG WAVES; MICROMETEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT; STUDY AREAS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DUST; ENERGY BALANCE; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION; WATERSHEDS;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENERGY BALANCE; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RIVER BASIN; SNOW; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; WIND VELOCITY;

COLORADO; COLORADO BASIN [NORTH AMERICA]; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864754857     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR011985     Document Type: Article

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