Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: Their climate impact and possible mitigation strategies

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1723-1735

  Quinn, P K ^a   Bates, T S ^a   Baum, E ^b   Doubleday, N ^c   Fiore, A M ^d   Flanner, M ^e   Fridlind, A ^f   Garrett, T J ^g   Koch, D ^f   Menon, S ^h   Shindell, D ^f   Stohl, A ⁱ   Warren, S G ^j  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Clean Air Task Force   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION; METHANE; OZONE; POLLUTANT; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 41249087239     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-1723-2008     Document Type: Article

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