Light-absorbing impurities in a southern Tibetan Plateau glacier: Variations and potential impact on snow albedo and radiative forcing

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 200, Issue , 2018, Pages 77-87

  Li, Xiaofei ^a,b   Kang, Shichang ^a,b,c   Zhang, Guoshuai ^d   Qu, Bin ^e   Tripathee, Lekhendra ^a,f   Paudyal, Rukumesh ^a,b,f   Jing, Zhefan ^a   Zhang, Yulan ^a   Yan, Fangping ^e   Li, Gang ^g   Cui, Xiaoqing ^a   Xu, Rui ^a   Hu, Zhaofu ^a,b   Li, Chaoliu ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f Himalayan Environment Research Institute (HERI)   (Nepal)

^g NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Albedo reduction; Glacier melting; Light absorbing impurities; Radiative forcing; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; DUST; IMPURITIES; MELTING; ORGANIC CARBON; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO REDUCTION; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; GLACIER MELTING; IMPURITY CONCENTRATION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SNOW;

ALBEDO; GLACIER; MELTING; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIATIVE FORCING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 85033609267     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.10.002     Document Type: Article

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