Black carbon aerosol in India: A comprehensive review of current status and future prospects

A Rana, S Jia, S Sarkar - Atmospheric Research, 2019 - Elsevier
India is currently the second-largest emitter of black carbon (BC) in the world, with emissions
projected to rise steadily in the coming decades. In view of the large variations associated …

Black carbon and the Himalayan cryosphere: A review

CG Gertler, SP Puppala, A Panday, D Stumm… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Himalayan cryosphere borders global hotspots for emissions of black carbon (BC), a
carbonaceous aerosol with a short atmospheric lifespan and potentially significant impacts …

Quantifying sources, transport, deposition, and radiative forcing of black carbon over the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau

R Zhang, H Wang, Y Qian, PJ Rasch… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Black carbon (BC) particles over the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau (HTP), both airborne
and those deposited on snow, have been shown to affect snowmelt and glacier retreat …

Black carbon concentration in the central Himalayas: Impact on glacier melt and potential source contribution

C Gul, PS Mahapatra, S Kang, PK Singh, X Wu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study discusses year-long (October 2016–September 2017) observations of
atmospheric black carbon (BC) mass concentration, its source and sector contributions …

Modeling the origin of anthropogenic black carbon and its climatic effect over the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions

J Yang, S Kang, Z Ji, D Chen - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Black carbon (BC) in snow/ice induces enhanced snow and glacier melting. As over 60% of
atmospheric BC is emitted from anthropogenic sources, which directly impacts the …

Black carbon aerosols over the Himalayas: direct and surface albedo forcing

VS Nair, SS Babu, KK Moorthy, AK Sharma… - Tellus B: Chemical …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Absorbing aerosols such as black carbon (BC) or dust over high-altitude Himalayan regions
have potential implications on the regional climate and hydrological cycle over South Asia …

Aerosol black carbon at an urban site-Srinagar, Northwestern Himalaya, India: Seasonality, sources, meteorology and radiative forcing

MA Bhat, SA Romshoo, G Beig - Atmospheric Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) mass concentration was measured first-time at a high altitude urban site-
Srinagar (1600 m asl), in northwestern Himalaya, India using an Aethalometer during 2013 …

Characterization and sources of carbonaceous aerosols in southwest plateau of China: effects of biomass burning and low oxygen concentration

J Shi, X Wu, X Han, Y Zhong, Z Wang, P Ning - Atmospheric Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbonaceous aerosols affect atmospheric radiation and visibility and endanger human
health. Administrative border and topography have created significant research interests …

Black carbon and biomass burning associated high pollution episodes observed at Doon valley in the foothills of the Himalayas

V Prabhu, A Soni, S Madhwal, A Gupta, S Sundriyal… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Doon valley located in the foothills of the Indian Himalayan region, is recently
undergoing rapid urbanisation. Hence, in this study, we investigate the variation of black …

First chemical characterization of refractory black carbon aerosols and associated coatings over the Tibetan Plateau (4730 m asl)

J Wang, Q Zhang, M Chen, S Collier… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Refractory black carbon (r BC) aerosol is an important climate forcer, and its impacts are
greatly influenced by the species associated with r BC cores. However, relevant knowledge …