Impact of a hydrogen economy on the stratosphere and troposphere studied in a 2-D model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Warwick, N J ^a   Bekki, S ^b   Nisbet, E G ^c   Pyle, J A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NCA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROGEN; OZONE; SURFACE PHENOMENA; VAPORS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN ECONOMY; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN EMISSIONS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2442532766     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl019224     Document Type: Article

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