Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: Their climate impact and possible mitigation strategies
Several short-lived pollutants known to impact Arctic climate may be contributing to the accelerated rates of warming observed in this region relative to the global annually averaged temperature increase. Here, we present a summary of the short-lived pollutants that impact Arctic climate including m...
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ftncar:oai:drupal-site.org:articles_6642 2023-05-15T14:35:59+02:00 Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: Their climate impact and possible mitigation strategies Quinn, P. (P. K. Quinn) (authoraut) Bates, T. (T. S. Bates) (authoraut) Baum, E. (E. Baum) (authoraut) Doubleday, N. (N. Doubleday) (authoraut) Fiore, A. (A. M. Fiore) (authoraut) Flanner, Mark (Mark Flanner) (authoraut) Fridlind, A. (A. Fridlind) (authoraut) Garrett, T. (T. J. Garrett) (authoraut) Koch, D. (D. Koch) (authoraut) Menon, S. (S. Menon) (authoraut) Shindell, D. (D. Shindell) (authoraut) Stohl, A. (A. Stohl) (authoraut) Warren, G. (G. Warren) (authoraut) application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-8-1723-2008 http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7668dfw en eng Copernicus Publications Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-8-1723-2008 articles:6642 uri: http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-003-939 doi:10.5194/acp-8-1723-2008 ark:/85065/d7668dfw http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7668dfw Copyright Author(s) 2008. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License CC-BY Text article ftncar https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-8-1723-2008 2022-08-09T17:17:19Z Several short-lived pollutants known to impact Arctic climate may be contributing to the accelerated rates of warming observed in this region relative to the global annually averaged temperature increase. Here, we present a summary of the short-lived pollutants that impact Arctic climate including methane, tropospheric ozone, and tropospheric aerosols. For each pollutant, we provide a description of the major sources and the mechanism of forcing. We also provide the first seasonally averaged forcing and corresponding temperature response estimates focused specifically on the Arctic. The calculations indicate that the forcings due to black carbon, methane, and tropospheric ozone lead to a positive surface temperature response indicating the need to reduce emissions of these species within and outside the Arctic. Additional aerosol species may also lead to surface warming if the aerosol is coincident with thin, low lying clouds. We suggest strategies for reducing the warming based on current knowledge and discuss directions for future research to address the large remaining uncertainties. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic black carbon OpenSky (NCAR/UCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) Arctic Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8 6 1723 1735 |
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Several short-lived pollutants known to impact Arctic climate may be contributing to the accelerated rates of warming observed in this region relative to the global annually averaged temperature increase. Here, we present a summary of the short-lived pollutants that impact Arctic climate including methane, tropospheric ozone, and tropospheric aerosols. For each pollutant, we provide a description of the major sources and the mechanism of forcing. We also provide the first seasonally averaged forcing and corresponding temperature response estimates focused specifically on the Arctic. The calculations indicate that the forcings due to black carbon, methane, and tropospheric ozone lead to a positive surface temperature response indicating the need to reduce emissions of these species within and outside the Arctic. Additional aerosol species may also lead to surface warming if the aerosol is coincident with thin, low lying clouds. We suggest strategies for reducing the warming based on current knowledge and discuss directions for future research to address the large remaining uncertainties. |
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Quinn, P. (P. K. Quinn) (authoraut) Bates, T. (T. S. Bates) (authoraut) Baum, E. (E. Baum) (authoraut) Doubleday, N. (N. Doubleday) (authoraut) Fiore, A. (A. M. Fiore) (authoraut) Flanner, Mark (Mark Flanner) (authoraut) Fridlind, A. (A. Fridlind) (authoraut) Garrett, T. (T. J. Garrett) (authoraut) Koch, D. (D. Koch) (authoraut) Menon, S. (S. Menon) (authoraut) Shindell, D. (D. Shindell) (authoraut) Stohl, A. (A. Stohl) (authoraut) Warren, G. (G. Warren) (authoraut) |
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Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: Their climate impact and possible mitigation strategies |
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