Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7173-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7173-2015
Research article
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01 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 01 Jul 2015

Fire emission heights in the climate system – Part 2: Impact on transport, black carbon concentrations and radiation

A. Veira, S. Kloster, N. A. J. Schutgens, and J. W. Kaiser

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