Contribution of biomass burning to black carbon deposition on Andean glaciers: consequences for radiative forcing

Contribution of biomass burning to black carbon deposition on Andean glaciers: consequences for radiative forcing

Andean glaciers have melted rapidly since the 1960s. While some melting is likely due to anthropogenic climate change driven by increasing greenhouse gases, deposition of light-absorbing particles such as black carbon (BC) may also play a role. We hypothesize that BC from fires in the Amazon Basin a...

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Main Authors: E X Bonilla, L J Mickley, E G Beaudon, L G Thompson, W E Rodriguez, R Cruz Encarnación, C A Whicker, M G Flanner, C G Schmitt, P Ginot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
snow albedo
black carbon
biomass burning
radiative forcing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acb371

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