Observations and model simulations of snow albedo reduction in seasonal snow due to insoluble light-Absorbing particles during 2014 Chinese survey

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 2279-2296

  Wang, Xin ^a   Pu, Wei ^a   Ren, Yong ^a   Zhang, Xuelei ^b   Zhang, Xueying ^a   Shi, Jinsen ^a   Jin, Hongchun ^a   Dai, Mingkai ^a   Chen, Quanliang ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; MIXING RATIO; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW;

CHINA;

EID: 85013101855     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-2279-2017     Document Type: Article

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