Simultaneous reductions in emissions of black carbon and co-emitted species will weaken the aerosol net cooling effect

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3671-3685

  Wang, Z L ^a,b   Zhang, H ^b,c   Zhang, X Y ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; SEA ICE;

EID: 84926434273     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-3671-2015     Document Type: Article

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