Boreal and temperate snow cover variations induced by black carbon emissions in the middle of the 21st century

We used a coupled climate-chemistry model to quantify the impacts of aerosols on snow cover north of 30° N both for the present-day and for the middle of the 21st century. Black carbon (BC) deposition over continents induces a reduction in the mean number of days with snow at the surface (MNDWS) tha...

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Main Authors: M. Ménégoz, G. Krinner, Y. Balkanski, A. Cozic, O. Boucher, P. Ciais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-03-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/537/2013/tc-7-537-2013.pdf