The large contribution of projected HFC emissions to future climate forcing

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 10949-10954

  Velders, Guus J M ^a   Fahey, David W ^b   Daniel, John S ^b   McFarland, Mack ^c   Andersen, Stephen O ^d  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

HCFC consumption; Radiative forcing; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; OZONE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLUOROCARBONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OZONE; RADIATION;

EID: 67650469894     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902817106     Document Type: Article

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