Climate Change, Air Pollution and Global Challenges

Chapter 5

Air Pollution Risks to Northern European Forests in a Changing Climate

Juha-Pekka Tuovinen*^,1, Hannele Hakola*, Per Erik Karlsson^† and David Simpson^‡,§,    *Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland,    ^†IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 53021, Gothenburg, Sweden,    ^‡EMEP MSC-W, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 43, Oslo, Norway,    ^§Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden,    ¹Corresponding author: e-mail: [e-mail]

Abstract

The air pollution load to northern European forests is changing as a result of emission reductions. Climate change modifies this load, either directly via atmospheric processes or indirectly by affecting emission patterns. We estimate the ...