Impact of snow darkening via dust, black carbon, and organic carbon on boreal spring climate in the earth system

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 5485-5503

  Yasunari, Teppei J ^a,b,c   Koster, Randal D ^b   Lau, William K M ^b,d   Kim, Kyu Myong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DUST; EOS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORGANIC CARBON; SIMULATION; SNOWLINE; SNOWMELT; SPRING (SEASON); WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84933278444     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022977     Document Type: Article

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