Causes of variability in light absorption by particles in snow at sites in Idaho and Utah

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 4751-4768

  Doherty, Sarah J ^a   Hegg, Dean A ^a   Johnson, James E ^a   Quinn, Patricia K ^b   Schwarz, Joshua P ^c   Dang, Cheng ^a   Warren, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE MODELING; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; FOSSIL FUEL; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNITUDE; MIXING RATIO; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE FLUX; SNOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84965144560     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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