In-situ measurements of light-absorbing impurities in snow of glacier on Mt. Yulong and implications for radiative forcing estimates

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 581-582, Issue , 2017, Pages 848-856

  Niu, Hewen ^a,c   Kang, Shichang ^a,b   Shi, Xiaofei ^d   Paudyal, Rukumesh ^a   He, Yuanqing ^a   Li, Gang ^e   Wang, Shijin ^a   Pu, Tao ^a   Shi, Xiaoyi ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

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

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Key Open Laboratory of Arid Climate Change and Disaster Reduction of China Meterological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Glacier melt; Light absorbing impurities; Mt. Yulong; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL; DUST; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MELTING; ORGANIC CARBON; SOLAR RADIATION;

BLACK CARBON; GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCHES; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MT. YULONG; RELATIVE ABSORPTIONS; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SNOW;

BLACK CARBON; ICE; ORGANIC CARBON; SNOW;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLACIER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIGHT; RADIATIVE FORCING; SNOW COVER;

ALBEDO; ALBEDO REDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGLACIATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; GLACIER; GRAVIMETRY; ICE ALBEDO; LIGHT ABSORPTION; POLLUTION; RADIATIVE FORCING; REFLECTOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YULONG SNOW MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

EID: 85009766643     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.032     Document Type: Article

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