Simulations of black carbon (BC) aerosol impact over Hindu Kush Himalayan sites: validation, sources, and implications on glacier runoff

Santra, Sauvik; Verma, Shubha; Fujita, Koji; Chakraborty, Indrajit; Boucher, Olivier; Takemura, Toshihiko; Burkhart, John F.; Matt, Felix; Sharma, Mukesh

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2441-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2441-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2441-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

Research article

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26 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 26 Feb 2019

Simulations of black carbon (BC) aerosol impact over Hindu Kush Himalayan sites: validation, sources, and implications on glacier runoff

Sauvik Santra, Shubha Verma, Koji Fujita, Indrajit Chakraborty, Olivier Boucher, Toshihiko Takemura, John F. Burkhart, Felix Matt, and Mukesh Sharma

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The present study provided information on specific glaciers over the Hindu Kush Himalayan region identified as being vulnerable to BC-induced impacts (affected by high BC-induced snow albedo reduction in addition to being sensitive to BC-induced impacts), thus impacting the downstream hydrology. The source-specific contribution to atmospheric BC aerosols by emission sources led to identifying the potential emission source, which was distinctive over south and north to 30° N.