*Nicolas Gonzalez Santacruz1, Francisco Fernandoy2, Jorge Pey3, Miguel Bartolome4, Kumiko Goto-Azuma5, Ana Moreno3, Motohiro Hirabayashi5, Jon Arrizabalaga-Iriarte1,6, Jennifer Huidobro7, Raul R. Cordero8, Sarah Feron8,9, Patricia Muñoz-Marzagon1, Sergio Henrique Faria1,10
(1. Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Leioa, Spain , 2. Laboratorio de Analisis Isotopico, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile , 3. Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain , 4. National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC), Madrid, Spain, 5. National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, 6. Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (EHU), Leioa, Spain, 7. Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (EHU), Leioa, Spain, 8. Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile , 9. University of Groningen, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, 10. IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation of Science, Bilbao, Spain)
Keywords:High-mountain cryosphere, Aerosol-derived impurities, Snow-to-ice transition, Radiative forcing , Ice-core microstructure , Black carbon and mineral dust