In-flight measurement of aircraft non-methane hydrocarbon emission indices

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-324

  Slemr, F ^a   Giehl, H ^a   Slemr, J ^a   Busen, R ^b   Schulte, P ^b   Haschberger, P ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHANE; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON MONOXIDE; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; THERMAL PLUMES;

CO CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSION INDEX; EXHAUST PLUMES; FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS; FTIR EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; ROLLS-ROYCE;

HYDROCARBONS; METEOROLOGY;

EMISSION INDICES (EI); NON METHANE HYDROCARBONS (NMHC);

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON;

EID: 0032004736     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03784     Document Type: Article

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