Introduction to special section on ‘East Asia Climate and Environment’

Ivar S. A. Isaksen; Stig Dalsøren; Liu Li; Wei-Chyung Wang

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00432.x

Introduction to special section on ‘East Asia Climate and Environment’

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 61 (2009): Issue 4

By: Ivar S. A. Isaksen, Stig Dalsøren, Liu Li and Wei-Chyung Wang

Open Access

|Jan 2009

Abstract

Activities within the collaborative project East Asia Climate and Environment focus on the impact on the composition of chemically active greenhouse compounds from the rapidly growing emissions in Asia. Estimates of emissions (past and future) are discussed in light of the demand for energy in the different sectors. The impact includes regional scale contributions through short-lived climate compounds like particles and ozone, while global scale contributions are demonstrated through changes in oxidation capacity affecting compounds like CH₄. One key issue is the important and increasing contribution from China to atmospheric chemical changes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00432.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 583 - 587

Submitted on: Apr 23, 2009

Accepted on: Jun 3, 2009

Published on: Jan 1, 2009

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© 2009 Ivar S. A. Isaksen, Stig Dalsøren, Liu Li, Wei-Chyung Wang, published by Stockholm University Press
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