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Models showing March-May impacts of black carbon, mineral dust and both agents on snow cover.
Modeling experiments show March-May impacts of black carbon (top), mineral dust (middle)and both agents (bottom) on snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere, averaged over the 1979-2000 period. From Flanner et al. (2009), Atmos. Chem. Phys.
Credit: © Mark Flanner
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