Impact of fuel quality regulation and speed reductions on shipping emissions: Implications for climate and air quality

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 9052-9060

  Lack, Daniel A ^a,b   Cappa, Christopher D ^c   Langridge, Justin ^a,b   Bahreini, Roya ^a,b   Buffaloe, Gina ^c   Brock, Charles ^a   Cerully, Kate ^d   Coffman, Derek ^a   Hayden, Katherine ^e   Holloway, John ^a   Lerner, Brian ^a,b   Massoli, Paola ^f   Li, Shao Meng ^e   McLaren, Robert ^g   Middlebrook, Ann M ^a   Moore, Richard ^d   Nenes, Athanasios ^d,h   Nuaaman, Ibraheem ^e,g   Onasch, Timothy B ^f   Peischl, Jeff ^a,b   Perring, Anne ^a,b   Quinn, Patricia K ^a   Ryerson, Tom ^a   Schwartz, Joshua P ^a,b   Spackman, Ryan ^a,b   Wofsy, Steven C ⁱ   Worsnop, Doug ^f   Xiang, Bin ⁱ   Williams, Eric ^a,b   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^g YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; BLACK CARBON; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; COASTAL WATERS; CONTAINER VESSEL; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; FUEL QUALITY; FUEL SULFUR; INDIRECT EFFECTS; PARTICLE PHASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SHIPPING EMISSIONS; SPEED REDUCTION; VESSEL SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EMISSION CONTROL; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; SAILING VESSELS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BLACK CARBON; FUEL; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; COASTAL ZONE; CONTAINER SHIP; FOSSIL FUEL; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SHIPS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054714724     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2013424     Document Type: Article

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