期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 740, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140056
关键词
Black carbon; Mineral dust; Glacier; Snow albedo; Radiative forcing; Central Asia
资金
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA19070501]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41671067, 41630754]
- second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP) [2019QZKK0605]
- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science of CAS [SKLCS-ZZ-2020]
- CAS Light of West China
Light-absorbing impurities (LAIs), including black carbon (BC) and mineral dust, in snow can trigger a positive feedback. In this study, we estimate the contribution of BC and dust to glacial melting in Central Asia. Average BC and dust concentrations in the surface snow of the Muz Taw glacier are 1788 +/- 1754 ng g(-1) and 172 +/- 178 mu g g(-1), respectively. Simulation using the Snow Ice and Aerosol Radiation (SNICAR) model indicates that the combined effect of BC and dust reduces the snow albedo by approximately 6.24% to 50.4% relative to clean snow. Radiative forcing (RF) induced by BC and dust deposited in snow ranges from 1.61 to 32.69 W m(-2), with an average of 16.74 W m(-2) for the central scenario. Thus, glacier melting can be enhanced by 36.37 cm w.e. by BC and dust in snow, accounting for about 16.3% of the total glacier melt. LAIs deposited on the Muz Taw glacier mostly originate from Central Asia, West Siberia and local emissions during the study period. More than 80% of BC deposited is attributed to anthropogenic emissions. These results strengthen the important role of BC and dust in glacier melting in Central Asia, and further highlights the potential benefits of mitigation of BC emissions. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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