Air Pollution and Climate-Forcing Impacts of a Global Hydrogen Economy

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5645, 2003, Pages 624-627

  Schultz, Martin G ^a   Diehl, Thomas ^a   Brasseur, Guy P ^a   Zittel, Werner ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b Ludwig Bölkow Systemtechnik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

TRAFFIC FLEET;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROGEN; HYDROXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE FORCING; EMISSION; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC;

EID: 0142178213     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1089527     Document Type: Article

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