The influence of ozone precursor emissions from four world regions on tropospheric composition and radiative climate forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Fry, Meridith M ^a   Naik, Vaishali ^b   West, J Jason ^a   Schwarzkopf, M Daniel ^c   Fiore, Arlene M ^c,d   Collins, William J ^e   Dentener, Frank J ^f   Shindell, Drew T ^g   Atherton, Cyndi ^h,i   Bergmann, Daniel ^h   Duncan, Bryan N ^j   Hess, Peter ^k   MacKenzie, Ian A ^l   Marmer, Elina ^f,m   Schultz, Martin G ⁿ   Szopa, Sophie ^o   Wild, Oliver ^p   Zeng, Guang ^q  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Atmospheric Physics Chemistry and Climate Group UCAR GFDL ^*  (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^g NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ GORDON AND BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁿ FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^o LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^p LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^q NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; OXIDANTS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL AVERAGE; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CO EMISSIONS; CO-REDUCTION; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; EAST ASIA; GLOBAL CLIMATES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; OZONE PRECURSORS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOURCE-RECEPTOR; SOUTH ASIA; STANDARD DEVIATION; STEADY STATE; SULFATE AEROSOLS; TASK FORCE; TROPOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; TROPOSPHERIC O;

REDUCTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

FAR EAST; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84859903664     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017134     Document Type: Article

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