Role of Black Carbon-Induced Changes in Snow Albedo in Predictions of Temperature and Precipitation during a Snowstorm

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 230-236

  Ying, Zhang ^a,b   Hong, Liao ^b   Ke Feng, Zhu ^b   Yan, Yin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; snow albedo; weather

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE PREDICTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW; SNOWSTORM; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84923301705     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2009.11446801     Document Type: Article

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