Anthropogenic combustion iron as a complex climate forcer

Hitoshi Matsui; Natalie M. Mahowald; Nobuhiro Moteki; Douglas S. Hamilton; Sho Ohata; Atsushi Yoshida; Makoto Koike; Rachel A. Scanza; Mark G. Flanner

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03997-0

Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Anthropogenic combustion iron as a complex climate forcer

Hitoshi Matsui,
Natalie M. Mahowald,
Nobuhiro Moteki,
Douglas S. Hamilton,
Sho Ohata,
Atsushi Yoshida,
Makoto Koike,
Rachel A. Scanza,
Mark G. Flanner

Affiliations

Hitoshi Matsui: Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
Natalie M. Mahowald: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Nobuhiro Moteki: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
Douglas S. Hamilton: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Sho Ohata: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
Atsushi Yoshida: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
Makoto Koike: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
Rachel A. Scanza: Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mark G. Flanner: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03997-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

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As a source of soluble iron, anthropogenic combustion iron is considered less important than natural sources. Here, the authors combine new measurements with a global aerosol model and show the atmospheric burden of anthropogenic combustion iron to be 8 times greater than previous estimates.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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