The role of sulfur emission in volatile particle formation in jet aircraft exhaust plumes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-392

  Karcher B ^a   Fahey, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FUELS; OZONE LAYER; SULFUR; THERMAL PLUMES; COMBUSTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; REACTION KINETICS; SULFURIC ACID; WAKES;

AEROSOL PRODUCTION; AIRCRAFT EXHAUSTS; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

JET EXHAUST PLUMES; VOLATILE PARTICLE FORMATION;

EID: 0031071270     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00119     Document Type: Article

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