An analysis of 25 years of balloonborne aerosol data in search of a signature of the subsonic commercial aircraft fleet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2433-2436

  Hofmann, David J ^a   Stone, Robert S ^b   Wood, Matthew E ^c   Deshler, Terry ^d   Harris, Joyce M ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BALLOONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BALLOONBORNE CONDENSATION NUCLEI; AIRCRAFT FLIGHT; ALTITUDE RANGE; BALLOON SOUNDING; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DATA SET; NATURAL BACKGROUND LEVELS; THIN LAYERS;

AIR POLLUTION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

AEROSOL; CONTRAIL; OZONE;

EID: 0032124723     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01776     Document Type: Article

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