Climate effect of black carbon aerosol in a Tibetan Plateau glacier

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-78

  Yang, Song ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^a   Cao, Junji ^b   Zender, Charles S ^c   Wang, Mo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Glacier melt; Snow; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DEPOSITION; DUST; FOG; ORGANIC CARBON;

BLACK CARBON; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; IMPURITY CONCENTRATION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SCAVENGING EFFICIENCY; SNOW-MELT SEASON; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SNOW;

BLACK CARBON; SNOW;

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIATIVE FORCING; SNOWMELT;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; CLIMATE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRY DEPOSITION; GLACIER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING; SUMMER; WET DEPOSITION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84926648379     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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