Climate Impacts From a Removal of Anthropogenic Aerosol Emissions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 1020-1029

  Samset, B H ^a   Sand, M ^a   Smith, C J ^b   Bauer, S E ^c   Forster, P M ^b   Fuglestvedt, J S ^a   Osprey, S ^d   Schleussner, C F ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e CLIMATE ANALYTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

aerosols; black carbon; climate change; extreme weather; organic carbon; sulfate

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE IMPACTS; EXTREME WEATHER; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SULFATE; SURFACE HEATING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION CONTROL; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MITIGATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE; WEATHER;

EID: 85041036183     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL076079     Document Type: Article

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