Effects of aircraft on aerosol abundance in the upper troposphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2399-2402

  Ferry, G V ^a   Pueschel, R F ^a   Strawa, A W ^a   Kondo, Y ^b   Howard, S D ^c   Verma, S ^d,g   Mahoney, M J ^e   Bui, T P ^a   Hannan, J R ^f   Fuelberg, H E ^f  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Symtech Corporation   (United States)

^d SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFURIC ACID; TROPOSPHERE; AEROSOLS; AIRPORT BUILDINGS;

PRESSURE ALTITUDE; SULFURIC ACID AEROSOL CONCENTRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

AEROSOL; AIRCRAFT; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS; BACKGROUND AEROSOL; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT ALTITUDES; PRESSURE ALTITUDES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033405772     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900445     Document Type: Article

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