A 10 year record of black carbon and dust from a Mera Peak ice core (Nepal): Variability and potential impact on melting of Himalayan glaciers

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1479-1496

  Ginot, P ^a,b,c   Dumont, M ^d   Lim, S ^b,c   Patris, N ^e   Taupin, J D ^e   Wagnon, P ^f,g   Gilbert, A ^b,c   Arnaud, Y ^f   Marinoni, A ^h,i   Bonasoni, P ^h,i   Laj, P ^b,c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^g INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ EvK2CNR ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DUST; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ICE CORE; MELTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84908049825     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1479-2014     Document Type: Article

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