Impact of absorbing aerosol deposition on snow albedo reduction over the southern Tibetan plateau based on satellite observations

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2017, Pages 1373-1382

  Lee, Wei Liang ^a   Liou, K N ^b   He, Cenlin ^b   Liang, Hsin Chien ^a   Wang, Tai Chi ^c   Li, Qinbin ^b   Liu, Zhenxin ^b   Yue, Qing ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; SPRING (SEASON); TERRA (SATELLITE);

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84977110689     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-016-1860-4     Document Type: Article

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