Response of lightning NOx emissions and ozone production to climate change: Insights from the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 5492-5500

  Finney, D L ^a   Doherty, R M ^a   Wild, O ^b   Young, P J ^b   Butler, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACCMIP; climate change; lightning; linear mixed effect model; ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; EFFICIENCY; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACCMIP; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LIGHTNING PARAMETERIZATION; MIXED-EFFECT MODELS; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS; NON-METHANE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EMISSION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LIGHTNING; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84973322858     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068825     Document Type: Article

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