Impacts of climate change on surface ozone and intercontinental ozone pollution: A multi-model study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3744-3763

  Doherty, R M ^a   Wild, O ^b   Shindell, D T ^c   Zeng, G ^d   MacKenzie, I A ^a   Collins, W J ^e,l   Fiore, A M ^f,m   Stevenson, D S ^a   Dentener, F J ^g   Schultz, M G ^h   Hess, P ⁱ   Derwent, R G ^j   Keating, T J ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

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

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^h FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j RDSCIENTIFIC   (United Kingdom)

^k U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; EMISSION CONTROL; OZONE;

CHEMICAL PROCESS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; EMISSION REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TRACER CONCENTRATION; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE;

EID: 84881094393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50266     Document Type: Article

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