The engineering options for mitigating the climate impacts of aviation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1861, 2007, Pages 3047-3059

  Williams, Victoria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeronautical engineering; Airspace design and management; Aviation; Climate change

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRPORT RUNWAYS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS; AIRSPACE DESIGN; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FUEL EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS; TRAFFIC GROWTH;

AVIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AVIATION; CLIMATE; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTION; AVIATION; CLIMATE; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

EID: 38449103791     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.0012     Document Type: Review

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