Resolving Size Distribution of Black Carbon Internally Mixed With Snow: Impact on Snow Optical Properties and Albedo

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 2697-2705

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

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

black carbon; internal mixing; optical property; size distribution; snow albedo

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLIMATE MODELS; MIXING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYDISPERSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ALBEDO REDUCTION; BLACK CARBON; INTERNAL MIXING; MONO-DISPERSE; POLYDISPERSES; SINGLE SCATTERING; SIZE EFFECTS;

SNOW;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE MODELING; MIXING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW COVER;

EID: 85044270157     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2018GL077062     Document Type: Article

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