The passive transport of NO(x) emissions from aircraft studied with a hierarchy of models

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1783-1799

  Van Velthoven, Peter F J ^a   Sausen, Robert ^b   Johnson, Colin E ^c   Kelder, Hennie ^a   Köhler, Ines ^b   Kraus, Annette B ^d   Ramaroson, Radiela ^e   Rohrer, Franz ^d   Stevenson, David ^f   Strand, Asbjørn ^g   Wauben, Wiel M F ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Hadley Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e ONERA   (France)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g NERSC ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Aircraft emissions; Models; Nitrogen oxides; Passive transport

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; MODEL; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIRCRAFT; DIFFUSION IN GASES; EXHAUST GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

PASSIVE TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDE;

EID: 0030616177     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00330-5     Document Type: Article

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