[HTML][HTML] A review of black carbon in snow and ice and its impact on the cryosphere

S Kang, Y Zhang, Y Qian, H Wang - Earth-science reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) has emerged as an important short-lived climate forcer. Due to its light
absorption properties, BC can darken the snow/ice surface, affect the energy balance, and …

Aerosol and monsoon climate interactions over Asia

Z Li, WKM Lau, V Ramanathan, G Wu… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing severity of droughts/floods and worsening air quality from increasing
aerosols in Asia monsoon regions are the two gravest threats facing over 60% of the world …

High mountain areas

R Hock, G Rasul, C Adler, B Cáceres, S Gruber… - IPCC special report on …, 2019 - iris.unito.it
The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral
element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …

Linking atmospheric pollution to cryospheric change in the Third Pole region: current progress and future prospects

S Kang, Q Zhang, Y Qian, Z Ji, C Li… - National Science …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings are known as the Third Pole (TP).
This region is noted for its high rates of glacier melt and the associated hydrological shifts …

Radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles in snow

SMK Skiles, M Flanner, JM Cook, M Dumont… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
As one of the brightest natural surfaces on Earth, the darkening of snow by light-absorbing
particles (LAPs)—dust, black carbon or microbial growth—can trigger albedo feedbacks and …

Dust dominates high-altitude snow darkening and melt over high-mountain Asia

C Sarangi, Y Qian, K Rittger, L Ruby Leung… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Westerly driven, long-range transportation of dust particles in elevated aerosol layers (EALs)
is a persistent phenomenon during spring and summer over the Indian subcontinent. During …

A review of current knowledge concerning PM2. 5 chemical composition, aerosol optical properties and their relationships across China

J Tao, L Zhang, J Cao, R Zhang - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
To obtain a thorough knowledge of PM 2. 5 chemical composition and its impact on aerosol
optical properties across China, existing field studies conducted after the year 2000 are …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

The Tibetan Plateau cryosphere: Observations and model simulations for current status and recent changes

M Yang, X Wang, G Pang, G Wan, Z Liu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Global warming has already had a significant impact on social ecosystems. The Tibetan
Plateau (TP), which is characterized by a cryosphere, is also recognized to have a profound …

[HTML][HTML] Lifecycle of light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere

D Liu, C He, JP Schwarz, X Wang - NPJ climate and atmospheric …, 2020 - nature.com
Light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols (LACs), including black carbon and light-absorbing
organic carbon (brown carbon, BrC), have an important role in the Earth system via heating …