Dilution of aircraft exhaust plumes at cruise altitudes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3097-3103

  Schumann, U ^a   Schlager, H ^a   Arnold, F ^a   Baumann, R ^a   Haschberger, P ^a   Klemm, O ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft emissions; Contrail; Dispersion; Jet; Mixing; Tropopause region

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTRAILS; DILUTION RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL PLUMES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONTRAIL; EXHAUST EMISSION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; EXHAUST GAS; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032169718     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00455-X     Document Type: Article

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