Close packing effects on clean and dirty snow albedo and associated climatic implications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 3719-3727

  He, Cenlin ^a   Takano, Yoshi ^a   Liou, Kuo Nan ^a  

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

albedo feedback; albedo reduction; black carbon; snow albedo; snow close packing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO FEEDBACKS; ALBEDO REDUCTION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLOSE PACKING; INDEPENDENT SCATTERING; SNOW-ALBEDO FEEDBACKS; STRUCTURE PACKINGS;

SNOW MAKING;

ABSORPTION; ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SCATTERING; SNOW; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 85018894149     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL072916     Document Type: Article

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