Light-absorbing particles in snow and ice: Measurement and modeling of climatic and hydrological impact

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-91

  Qian, Yun ^a   Yasunari, Teppei J ^b,c   Doherty, Sarah J ^d   Flanner, Mark G ^e   Lau, William K M ^c,f   Ming, Jing ^c   Wang, Hailong ^a   Wang, Mo ^a,h   Warren, Stephen G ^d   Zhang, Rudong ^a,i  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^h INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

ⁱ LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aerosol; albedo; climate; hydrological cycle; ice; light absorbing; measurement; modeling; snow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913536012     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: 18619533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-014-0010-0     Document Type: Article

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