The short-term cooling but long-term global warming due to biomass burning

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2909-2926

  Jacobson, Mark Z ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION; SHORT-TERM COOLING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COOLING; ETHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EID: 4344695699     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2909:TSCBLG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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