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

Sauvik Santra1, Shubha Verma2, Koji Fujita3, Indrajit Chakraborty2, Olivier Boucher4, Toshihiko Takemura5, John F. Burkhart6, Felix Matt7 and Mukesh Sharma8, (1)Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Department of Civil Engineering, Kharagpur, India, (2)Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, (3)Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, (4)LMD, Paris Cedex 05, France, (5)Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, (6)University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway, (7)University of Oslo, Geosciences, Oslo, Norway, (8)Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Civil Engineering, Kanpur, India