Study of aerosol effect on accelerated snow melting over the Tibetan Plateau during boreal spring

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-122

  Lee, Woo Seop ^a   Bhawar, Rohini L ^a   Kim, Maeng Ki ^b   Sang, Jeong ^b  

^a APEC Climate Center   (South Korea)

^b Kongju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Climate change; CMIP5; Snow cover fraction; Snow darkening effect

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING AEROSOL; AEROSOL DEPOSITION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; CMIP5; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SNOW COVERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DEPOSITION; MELTING; SOLAR RADIATION;

SNOW;

SNOW;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE MODELING; DEPOSITION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MELTING; SNOW COVER; SPRING (SEASON);

ACCELERATION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SEA; SIMULATION; SNOW COVER; SPRING; WARMING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84877812710     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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