Disturbance of light-absorbing aerosols on the albedo in a winter snowpack of Central Tibet

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1601-1607

  Ming, Jing ^a,b   Wang, Pengling ^a   Zhao, Shuyu ^b,c   Chen, Pengfei ^c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Albedo; Black carbon; Dust; Snow; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BLACK CARBON; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; SNOW PROPERTIES; SNOW SAMPLES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WINTER SNOWPACK;

AEROSOLS; DUST; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SNOW;

SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; DUST; RADIATIVE FORCING; SNOWPACK; WINTER;

CHINA; NAM CO; NYAINQENTANGLHA MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

SNOW;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; LIGHT; SEASON;

AEROSOLS; LIGHT; SEASONS; SNOW; TIBET;

EID: 84881601403     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(12)60220-4     Document Type: Article

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