Modeling black carbon and its potential radiative effects over the Tibetan Plateau

Advances in Climate Change Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 139-144

  Ji, Zhen Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol snow ice radiative effects; Black carbon; Regional climate model; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999233551     PISSN: 16749278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accre.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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