Characteristics of black carbon in snow from Laohugou No. 12 glacier on the northern Tibetan Plateau

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 607-608, Issue , 2017, Pages 1237-1249

  Zhang, Yulan ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a,b,f   Li, Chaoliu ^b   Gao, Tanguang ^c   Cong, Zhiyuan ^b   Sprenger, Michael ^d   Liu, Yajun ^a   Li, Xiaofei ^a,f   Guo, Junming ^a   Sillanpää, Mika ^e   Wang, Kun ^a,f   Chen, Jizu ^a,f   Li, Yang ^e   Sun, Shiwei ^a,f  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

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

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^e LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

BC morphology; BC size; Black carbon; Glacier; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; FOSSIL FUELS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SNOW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BC SIZE; BLACK CARBON; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAUX; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BLACK CARBON; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; GLACIER; MELTING; SEASONALITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; SNOW;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CENTRAL ASIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHY; GLACIER; MORPHOLOGY; NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; LAOHUGOU GLACIER; PAKISTAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 85024381390     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.100     Document Type: Article

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