The contribution of China's emissions to global climate forcing

Nature

Volumn 531, Issue 7594, 2016, Pages 357-361

  Li, Bengang ^a,b   Gasser, Thomas ^c,d   Ciais, Philippe ^c   Piao, Shilong ^a,e   Tao, Shu ^a   Balkanski, Yves ^c   Hauglustaine, Didier ^c   Boisier, Juan Pablo ^c   Chen, Zhuo ^a   Huang, Mengtian ^a   Zhaoxin Li, Laurent ^f   Li, Yue ^a   Liu, Hongyan ^a   Liu, Junfeng ^a   Peng, Shushi ^a   Shen, Zehao ^a   Sun, Zhenzhong ^a   Wang, Rong ^c   Wang, Tao ^c   Yin, Guodong ^a   Yin, Yi ^c   Zeng, Hui ^a   Zeng, Zhenzhong ^a   Zhou, Feng ^a   more..

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^e CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; NITRATE; OZONE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AEROSOL; METHANE; SOOT;

AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR EMISSION; UNITED NATIONS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; UNITED NATIONS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOOT; UNCERTAINTY;

CHINA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; SOOT; SULFATES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84982261527     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17165     Document Type: Article

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