Modelling chemistry in aircraft plumes 1: Comparison with observations and evaluation of a layered approach

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3939-3950

  Kraabøl, Anne Gunn ^a   Konopka, Paul ^b   Stordal, Frode ^a   Schlager, Hans ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft emissions; Dispersion regime; Plume chemistry; Tropospheric chemistry; Vortex regime

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; THERMAL PLUMES; TROPOSPHERE;

AIRCRAFT PLUMES;

AIR POLLUTION;

HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS ACID; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MODELING; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLUME;

AIRCRAFT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DILUTION; EXHAUST GAS; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033828066     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00156-4     Document Type: Article

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