Distribution of light-absorbing impurities in snow of glacier on Mt. Yulong, southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 197, Issue , 2017, Pages 474-484

  Niu, Hewen ^a,b   Kang, Shichang ^a,c   Zhang, Yulan ^a   Shi, Xiaoyi ^d   Shi, Xiaofei ^d   Wang, Shijin ^a   Li, Gang ^e   Yan, Xingguo ^f   Pu, Tao ^a   He, Yuanqing ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

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

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

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^f NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Albedo; Black carbon; ILAIs; Mt. Yulong; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026894164     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.07.004     Document Type: Article

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