Carbonaceous matter deposition in the high glacial regions of the Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 141, Issue , 2016, Pages 203-208

  Li, Chaoliu ^a,c   Chen, Pengfei ^a,b   Kang, Shichang ^a,c   Yan, Fangping ^a,b   Li, Xiaofei ^a,b   Qu, Bin ^d   Sillanpää, Mika ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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

^d LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous matter; Dissolved organic carbon; Flux; Glacier; The Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DUST; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUXES; GLACIERS; ORGANIC CARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STORMS; STREAM FLOW;

ALBEDO REDUCTION; ALPINE GLACIER; CARBONACEOUS MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE CARBON; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INSOLUBLE PARTICULATE CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; SNOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DUST STORM; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER SYSTEM;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GLACIAL PERIOD; GLACIER; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LIVESTOCK; MINERAL DUST; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBET;

ALPS; ARCTIC; CHINA; EUROPE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84976420362     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.064     Document Type: Article

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