Simulation of carbonaceous aerosols over the Third Pole and adjacent regions: distribution, transportation, deposition, and climatic effects

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2831-2846

  Ji, Zhenming ^a,b   Kang, Shichang ^c,d   Cong, Zhiyuan ^a,d   Zhang, Qianggong ^a,d   Yao, Tandong ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Organic carbon; Regional climate model; Simulation; Third Pole regions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DRY DEPOSITION; OPTICAL DEPTH; ORGANIC CARBON; POLAR REGION; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION; WET DEPOSITION;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84946476280     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2509-1     Document Type: Article

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