Sensitivity of tropospheric oxidants to biomass burning emissions: Implications for radiative forcing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1241-1246

  Mao, Jingqiu ^a   Horowitz, Larry W ^b   Naik, Vaishali ^b   Fan, Songmiao ^b   Liu, Junfeng ^c   Fiore, Arlene M ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

aerosol uptake; biomass burning; global OH; ozone production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; GLOBAL OH; OZONE PRODUCTION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SHORT-LIVED SPECIES; TROPOSPHERIC OXIDANTS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GAS EMISSIONS; OXIDANTS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

BIOMASS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; EMISSION; LATITUDE; NONLINEARITY; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84876893225     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50210     Document Type: Article

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