A potential large and persistent black carbon forcing over Northern Pacific inferred from satellite observations

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Li, Zhongshu ^a,b   Liu, Junfeng ^a   Mauzerall, Denise L ^b,c   Li, Xiaoyuan ^c   Fan, Songmiao ^d   Horowitz, Larry W ^d   He, Cenlin ^e   Yi, Kan ^a   Tao, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85014870238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep43429     Document Type: Article

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