Black carbon and other light-absorbing particles in snow of central North America

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 12,807-12,831

  Doherty, Sarah J ^a   Dang, Cheng ^b   Hegg, Dean A ^b   Zhang, Rudong ^b,c   Warren, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

black carbon; Great Plains; light absorbing particles; snow

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIGHT EFFECT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SNOW; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84918581208     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022350     Document Type: Article

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