Global and regional climate impacts of black carbon and co-emitted species from the on-road diesel sector

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-58

  Lund, Marianne T ^a   Berntsen, Terje K ^a,b   Heyes, Chris ^c   Klimont, Zbigniew ^c   Samset, Bjørn H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Chemistry transport modeling; On road diesel; Regional temperature response; Short lived climate forcers

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ARCTIC VEHICLES; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES; ROADS AND STREETS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BLACK CARBON; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; ON-ROAD DIESEL; SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE FORCERS; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE;

DIESEL ENGINES;

BLACK CARBON; SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WARMING;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOLING; DIESEL ENGINE; EAST ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MIDDLE EAST; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIATIVE FORCING; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SHORT LIVED CLIMATE FORCER; SOUTH ASIA; WARMING;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84906704363     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.033     Document Type: Article

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