Air pollution risks to northern european forests in a changing climate

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-99

  Tuovinen, Juha Pekka ^a   Hakola, Hannele ^a   Karlsson, Per Erik ^b   Simpson, David ^c,d  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic; Boreal forests; Climate change; Nitrogen deposition; Ship emissions; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888353447     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-098349-3.00005-0     Document Type: Chapter

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