Grey Tienshan Urumqi Glacier No.1 and light-absorbing impurities

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 9549-9558

  Ming, Jing ^a,b   Xiao, Cunde ^b   Wang, Feiteng ^b   Li, Zhongqin ^b   Li, Yamin ^c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Ministry of Education Beijing   (China)

Author keywords

Albedo; Black carbon (BC); Dust; Glacier; Tienshan

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; DUST; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SNOW; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

CHINA; TIEN SHAN; URUMQI GLACIER NO.1; XINJIANG UYGUR;

IPS;

DUST; SNOW;

DUST; ICE COVER; SEASON; TIBET;

DUST; ICE COVER; SEASONS; SNOW; TIBET;

EID: 84957605436     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6182-7     Document Type: Article

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