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 …

Sources, characteristics and climate impact of light-absorbing aerosols over the Tibetan Plateau

S Chen, R Zhang, R Mao, Y Zhang, Y Chen, Z Ji… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Known as the" third pole" and" water tower of Asia", the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is the home to
the largest number of glaciers in the mid-latitudes and one of the most sensitive areas to …

Unraveling the optical shape of snow

A Robledano, G Picard, M Dumont, F Flin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The reflection of sunlight off the snow is a major driver of the Earth's climate. This reflection is
governed by the shape and arrangement of ice crystals at the micrometer scale, called snow …

Carbon nanomaterials derived from black carbon soot: a review of materials and applications

D Saini, Gunture, J Kaushik, R Aggarwal… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein, we provide a possible description for the isolation/fabrication of nanocarbons from
freely available global pollutant waste as black-carbonaceous-soot particulates known as …

SNICAR-ADv3: a community tool for modeling spectral snow albedo

MG Flanner, JB Arnheim, JM Cook… - Geoscientific Model …, 2021 - gmd.copernicus.org
The Snow, Ice, and Aerosol Radiative (SNICAR) model has been used in various capacities
over the last 15 years to model the spectral albedo of snow with light-absorbing constituents …

[HTML][HTML] Carbonaceous matter in the atmosphere and glaciers of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau: An investigative review

C Li, F Yan, S Kang, C Yan, Z Hu, P Chen, S Gao… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbonaceous matter, including organic carbon (OC) and black carbon (BC), is an important
climate forcing agent and contributes to glacier retreat in the Himalayas and the Tibetan …

[HTML][HTML] A parameterization of sub-grid topographical effects on solar radiation in the E3SM Land Model (version 1.0): implementation and evaluation over the Tibetan …

D Hao, G Bisht, Y Gu, WL Lee, KN Liou… - Geoscientific Model …, 2021 - gmd.copernicus.org
Topography exerts significant influences on the incoming solar radiation at the land surface.
A few stand-alone regional and global atmospheric models have included …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating satellite retrieved fractional snow-covered area at a high-Arctic site using terrestrial photography

K Aalstad, S Westermann, L Bertino - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The seasonal snow-cover is one of the most rapidly varying natural surface features on
Earth. It strongly modulates the terrestrial water, energy, and carbon balance. Fractional …

[HTML][HTML] Black carbon, organic carbon, and mineral dust in South American tropical glaciers: A review

S Gilardoni, B Di Mauro, P Bonasoni - Global and Planetary Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Tropical glaciers are extremely sensitive to changes of climate variables. Their response to
climate change is complex and depends on multiple mechanisms affecting their mass and …