Individual particles of cryoconite deposited on the mountain glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau: Insights into chemical composition and sources

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 138, Issue , 2016, Pages 114-124

  Dong, Zhiwen ^a   Qin, Dahe ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a,b   Liu, Yajun ^a   Li, Yang ^c   Huang, Jie ^c   Qin, Xiang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cryoconite; Light absorbing impurities; TEM EDX; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; DEPOSITION; DUST; FLY ASH; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS; LOCATION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MINERALS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRYOCONITE; MINERAL DUST PARTICLES; TEM-EDX; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

AIR POLLUTION;

BLACK CARBON; CALCIUM; CARBON; CATION; CRYOCONITE; ICE; MINERAL; MIXED CATION SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER; MICROBIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALBEDO; ARTICLE; ASH; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGLACIATION; DESERT; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROMETRY; GLACIER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MINERAL DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBET; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

CHINA; DONGKEMADI GLACIER; LAOHUGOU GLACIER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; URUMQI GLACIER NO.1; XINJIANG UYGUR; XIZANG; YULONG SNOW MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

EID: 84969520075     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.05.020     Document Type: Article

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