Strong atmospheric chemistry feedback to climate warming from Arctic methane emissions

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Isaksen, Ivar S A ^a,b   Gauss, Michael ^a,c   Myhre, Gunnar ^a,b   Walter Anthony, Katey M ^d   Ruppel, Carolyn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC ABUNDANCE; CHANGING CLIMATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; CLIMATE WARMING; CURRENT EMISSIONS; EMISSION SCENARIO; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE HYDRATES; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SHALLOW MARINE; STATE OF THE ART; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGASSING; FEEDBACK; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; METHANE; OZONE; PERMAFROST; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; THAWING; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGASSING; EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDSLIDE; MAGNITUDE; METHANE; OZONE; PERMAFROST; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; THAWING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC;

EID: 79955388255     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003845     Document Type: Article

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