The impact of Saharan dust and black carbon on albedo and long-term mass balance of an Alpine glacier

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1385-1400

  Gabbi, J ^a   Huss, M ^a,b   Bauder, A ^a   Cao, F ^c,d   Schwikowski, M ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; VALLEY GLACIER;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84938546134     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-1385-2015     Document Type: Article

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