Impacts of NOx emissions from subsonic aircraft in a global three-dimensional chemistry transport model including plume processes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 22, 2002, Pages

  Kraabøl, Anne Gunn ^a   Berntsen, Terje K ^b,c   Sundet, Jostein K ^c   Stordal, Frode ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aircraft emissions; Oxidation capacity; Plume processes; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE DEPLETION; PERTURBATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 14744301823     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001019     Document Type: Article

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