Transport of black carbon to polar regions: Sensitivity and forcing by black carbon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Cheng ^a   Penner, Joyce E ^a   Flanner, Mark G ^a   Bisiaux, Marion M ^b   Edwards, Ross ^c   McConnell, Joseph R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; SEA ICE;

AEROSOL MODELS; AIR CONCENTRATIONS; ANNUAL MEAN; BLACK CARBON; ICE CORE; LARGE-SCALE PRECIPITATION; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH POLAR REGION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLAR REGIONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEASONAL CYCLE; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN; WET DEPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METEOROLOGY; POLAR REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870625297     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053388     Document Type: Article

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