Articles | Volume 14, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-4237-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-4237-2014
Research article
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28 Apr 2014
Research article |  | 28 Apr 2014

Snow cover sensitivity to black carbon deposition in the Himalayas: from atmospheric and ice core measurements to regional climate simulations

M. Ménégoz, G. Krinner, Y. Balkanski, O. Boucher, A. Cozic, S. Lim, P. Ginot, P. Laj, H. Gallée, P. Wagnon, A. Marinoni, and H. W. Jacobi

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