Albedo Reduction by Black Carbon in Snow: Measurements and Implications
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Albedo Reduction by Black Carbon in Snow: Measurements and Implications Charles S. Zender, Jean-Charles Gallet, Florent Dominé, Ghislain Picard, and Mark G. Flanner Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, Grenoble, France Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado Department of Earth System Science [email protected] University of California, Irvine Voice: (949) 824-2987 Irvine, CA 92697-3100 Fax: (949) 824-3256 Abstract 1
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