The effect of snow/sea ice type on the response of albedo and light penetration depth (ie-folding depth) to increasing black carbon

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1625-1638

  Marks, A A ^a   King, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; PENETRATION; SEA ICE; SNOW; SNOWPACK;

EID: 84907100497     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1625-2014     Document Type: Article

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