Carbonaceous aerosols recorded in a southeastern Tibetan glacier: Analysis of temporal variations and model estimates of sources and radiative forcing

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1191-1204

  Wang, M ^a,b   Xu, B ^a   Cao, J ^a   Tie, X ^a,c   Wang, H ^b   Zhang, R ^b,d   Qian, Y ^b   Rasch, P J ^b   Zhao, S ^a   Wu, G ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Joswiak, D R ^a   Li, J ^a   Xie, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIER; ICE CORE; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84961291626     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-1191-2015     Document Type: Article

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