Impact of Grain Shape and Multiple Black Carbon Internal Mixing on Snow Albedo: Parameterization and Radiative Effect Analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 1253-1268

  He, Cenlin ^a,b   Liou, Kuo Nan ^a   Takano, Yoshi ^a   Yang, Ping ^c   Qi, Ling ^d   Chen, Fei ^b  

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

black carbon; internal mixing; parameterization; radiative effect; snow albedo; snow grain shape

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRAIN SIZE; MIXING; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHAPE; SNOW; WAVELENGTH;

ARCTIC; CHINA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 85041017463     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017JD027752     Document Type: Article

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