SOx oxidation and volatile aerosol in aircraft exhaust plumes depend on fuel sulfur content

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1677-1680

  Miake Lye, R C ^a   Anderson, B E ^b   Cofer, W R ^b   Wallio, H A ^b   Nowicki, G D ^b   Ballenthin, J O ^c   Hunton, D E ^c   Knighton, W B ^c   Miller, T M ^c,d   Seeley, J V ^c   Viggiano, A A ^c  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUELS; SULFUR; AIRCRAFT FUELS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; OXIDATION; SOOT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIRCRAFT EXHAUSTS; COMBUSTION MECHANISM; CONDENSED FRACTION; MEASUREMENTS OF; NONLINEAR DEPENDENCE; PARTS PER MILLIONS; SULFUR CONTENTS; VOLATILE COMPONENTS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AIRCRAFT EXHAUST PLUMES; SULFUR OXIDES;

AEROSOL; AIRCRAFT EXHAUST; SULPHUR;

EID: 0032523630     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00064     Document Type: Article

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