An overview of black carbon deposition in High Asia glaciers and its impacts on radiation balance

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-87

  Ming, Jing ^a,b   Xiao, Cunde ^b   Du, Zhencai ^c   Yang, Xingguo ^b  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Glacier; High Asia; Himalayas; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; HIGH ASIA; HIMALAYAS; ICE CORE RECORDS; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SURFACE MELTING; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GLACIERS; MELTING; WATER RESOURCES;

DEPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; GLACIER; MELTING; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84877128088     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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