Light-absorbing snow impurity concentrations measured on Northwest Greenland ice sheet in 2011 and 2012

Bulletin of Glaciological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-31

  Aoki, Teruo ^a   Matoba, Sumito ^b   Yamaguchi, Satoru ^c   Tanikawa, Tomonori ^d   Niwano, Masashi ^a   Kuchiki, Katsuyuki ^a   Adachi, Kouji ^a   Uetake, Jun ^e,f   Motoyama, Hideaki ^f   Hori, Masahiro ^d  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Dust; Greenland; Snow impurities; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906078352     PISSN: 13453807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5331/bgr.32.21     Document Type: Article

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