The radiative impact of Nordic anthropogenic black carbon

Anca I. Hienola; Declan O’donnell; Joni-Pekka Pietikäinen; Jonas Svensson; Heikki Lihavainen; Aki Virkkula; Hannele Korhonen; Ari Laaksonen

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v68.27428

The radiative impact of Nordic anthropogenic black carbon

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 68 (2016): Issue 1

By: Anca I. Hienola, Declan O’donnell, Joni-Pekka Pietikäinen, Jonas Svensson, Heikki Lihavainen, Aki Virkkula, Hannele Korhonen and Ari Laaksonen

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v68.27428 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 27428 - 27428

Submitted on: Jan 28, 2015

Accepted on: Nov 23, 2015

Published on: Jan 1, 2016

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

black carbon,

global model,

radiative forcing

© 2016 Anca I. Hienola, Declan O’donnell, Joni-Pekka Pietikäinen, Jonas Svensson, Heikki Lihavainen, Aki Virkkula, Hannele Korhonen, Ari Laaksonen, published by Stockholm University Press
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