Widespread Albedo Decreasing and Induced Melting of Himalayan Snow and Ice in the Early 21st Century

Jing Ming; Yaqiang Wang; Zhencai Du; Tong Zhang; Wanqin Guo; Cunde Xiao; Xiaobin Xu; Minghu Ding; Dongqi Zhang; Wen Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126235

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Widespread Albedo Decreasing and Induced Melting of Himalayan Snow and Ice in the Early 21^st Century

Jing Ming ,

* E-mail: petermingjing@hotmail.com

Affiliations National Climate Centre, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Snow-Ice-Aerosol Analyzing Laboratory, Beijing, China
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Yaqiang Wang,

Affiliation Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhencai Du,

Affiliation Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Tong Zhang,

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Mathematics Institute, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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Wanqin Guo,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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Cunde Xiao,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xiaobin Xu,

Affiliation Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China
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Minghu Ding,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China, Snow-Ice-Aerosol Analyzing Laboratory, Beijing, China
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Dongqi Zhang,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wen Yang

Affiliations Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China, Snow-Ice-Aerosol Analyzing Laboratory, Beijing, China
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Widespread Albedo Decreasing and Induced Melting of Himalayan Snow and Ice in the Early 21^st Century

Jing Ming,
Yaqiang Wang,
Zhencai Du,
Tong Zhang,
Wanqin Guo,
Cunde Xiao,
Xiaobin Xu,
Minghu Ding,
Dongqi Zhang,
Wen Yang

Published: June 3, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126235

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