Regional nitric oxide enhancements in the North Atlantic flight corridor observed and modeled during POLINAT 2 - a case study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3061-3064

  Schlager, H ^a   Schulte, P ^a   Flatoy, F ^b   Slemr, F ^c   Van Velthoven, P ^d   Ziereis, H ^a   Schumann, U ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; TRACE ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

FLIGHT CORRIDOR EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033569104     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900349     Document Type: Article

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