Climate and air quality trade-offs in altering ship fuel sulfur content

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 12059-12071

  Partanen, A I ^a   Laakso, A ^a   Schmidt, A ^b   Kokkola, H ^a   Kuokkanen, T ^c   Pietikainen J P ^a   Kerminen, V M ^d   Lehtinen, K E J ^a,c   Laakso, L ^a,e   Korhonen, H ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EXHAUST EMISSION; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHIPPING; SULFUR EMISSION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84890533326     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-12059-2013     Document Type: Article

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