An assessment of aircraft as a source of particles to the upper troposphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3069-3072

  Anderson, B E ^a   Cofer, W R ^a   Crawford, J ^a   Gregory, G L ^a   Vay, S A ^a   Brunke, K E ^b   Kondo, Y ^c   Koike, M ^c   Schlager, H ^d   Baughcum, S L ^e   Jensen, E ^f   Zhao, Yongjing ^c   Kita, Kazuyuki ^g  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONDENSATION; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; THERMAL PLUMES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CN);

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033569081     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900276     Document Type: Article

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