AirClim: An efficient tool for climate evaluation of aircraft technology

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4621-4639

  Grewe, V ^a   Stenke, A ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 49749149732     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-4621-2008     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Dameris, M., Grewe, V., Ponater, M., Deckert, R., Eyring, V., Mager, F., Matthes, S., Schnadt, C., Stenke, A., Steil, B., Brühl, C., and Giorgetta, M.: Long-term changes and variability in a transient simulation with a chemistry-climate model employing realistic forcing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 2121-2145, 2005.
2. 2 effects of aviation in emission trading schemes, Atmos. Environ., 40, 1117-1121, 2006.
3. 2 effects of aviation in emission trading schemes; Atmos. Environ., 41, 3941, 2007.
4. Fuglestvedt, J.S., Berntsen, T.K., Isaksen, I.S.A., Mao, H., Liang, X.-Z., Wang, W.-C.: Climatic forcing of nitrogen oxides through changes in tropospheric ozone and methane: global 3D model studies, Atmos. Environ., 33, 961-977, 1999.
5. Fuglestvedt, J., Berntsen, T., Godal, O., Sausen, R., Shine, K., and Skodvin, T.: Metrics of climate change: Assessing radiative forcing and emission indices, Clim. Change, 58, 267-331, 2003.
6. Fuglestvedt, J., Berntsen, T., Myhre, G., Rypdal, K., and Skeie, R.: Climate forcing from the Transport Sectors, PNAS, 105, 454-458, doi:10.1073/pnas.0702958104, 2008.
7. x emissions. Part 1: interactively coupled climate-chemistry simulations and sensitivities to climate-chemistry feedback, lightning and model resolution, Meteorol. Z., 3, 177-186, 2002.
8. Grewe, V.: The origin of ozone, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1495-1511, 2006.
9. Grewe, V., Stenke, A., Ponater, M., Sausen, R., Pitari, G., Iachetti, D., Rogers, H., Dessens, O., Pyle, J., Isaksen, I., Gulstad, L., Sövde, O.A., Marizy, C., and Pascuillo, E.: Climate impact of supersonic air traffic: an approach to optimize a potential future supersonic fleet - Results from the EU-project SCENIC, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 5129-5145, 2007.
10. Hansen, J., Sato, M., Ruedy, R., Nazarenko, L., Lacis, A., Schmidt, G., Russell, G., Aleinov, I., Bauer, M., Bauer, S., Bell, N., Cairns, B., Canuto, V., Chandler, M., Cheng, Y., DelGenio, A., Faluvegi, G., Fleming, E., Friend, A., Hall, T., Jackman, C., Kelley, M., Kiang, N., Koch, D., Lean, J., Lerner, J., Lo, K., Menon, S., Miller, R., Minnis, O., Novakov, T., Oinas, V., Perlwitz, J., Perlwitz, J., Rind, D., Romanou, A., Shindell, D., Stone, P., Sun, S., Tausnev, N., Tresher, D., Wielicki, B., Wong, T., and Zhang, S.: Efficacy of climate forcings, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D18104, doi:10.1029/2005JD005776, 2005.
11. Hein, R., Dameris, M., Schnadt, C., Land, C., Grewe, V., Köhler, I., Ponater, M., Sausen, R., Steil, B., Landgraf, J., and Brühl, C.: Results of an interactively coupled atmospheric chemistry-general circulation model: Comparison with observations, Ann. Geophys., 19, 435-457, 2001.
12. IPCC: Special report on aviation and the global atmosphere, in: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited by: Penner, J. E., Lister, D. H., Griggs, D. J., Dokken, D. J., McFarland, M., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, USA, 1999.
13. IPCC: Climate Change 2001 - The scientific basis. Contributions of working group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, USA, 2001.
14. IPCC: Climate Change 2007 - The physical science basis. Working group I. Contributions to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, USA, 2007.
15. Isaksen ISA, Zerefos C, Kourtidis K, Meleti C, Dalsøren SB, Sundet JK: Tropospheric ozone changes at unpolluted and semipolluted regions induced by stratospheric ozone changes, J. Geophys. Res., 110:D02302. doi:10.1029/2004JD004618, 2005.
16. Joshi, M., Shine, K., Ponater, M., Stuber, N., Sausen, R., and Li, L.: A comparison of climate response to different radiative forcings in three general circulation models: towards an improved metric of climate change, Clim. Dyn., 20, 843-854, 2003.
17. Land, C., Ponater, M., Sausen, R., and Roeckner, E.: The ECHAM4.L39(DLR) atmosphere GCM, Technical description and climatology, DLR-Forschungsbericht, 1991-31, 45 pp., ISSN 1434-8454, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Köln, Germany, 1999.
18. Ling, L., Lee, D., and Sausen, R.: A climate response model for calculating aviation effects, IN: Book of abstracts, International Conference on Transport, Atmosphere and Climate 26-29 June 2006, Oxford, UK, http://www.pa.op.dlr.de/tac, 23, 2006.
19. Lukachko, S., Waitz, I., and Marais, M.: Valuing the Impact of Aviation on Climate, IN: Book of abstracts, International Conference on Transport, Atmosphere and Climate 26-29 June 2006, Oxford, UK, http://www.pa.op.dlr.de/tac, 24, 2006.
20. Manabe, S. and Strickler, R.: Thermal equilibrium of the atmosphere with a convective adjustment, J. Atmos. Sci., 21, 361-385, 1964.
21. Marais, K., Lukachko, S.P., Jun, M., Mahashabde, A., Waitz, I.A.: Assessing the impact of aviation on climate, Meteorol. Z., 17, 157-172, 2008.
22. Marquart, S., Ponater, M., Mager, F., Sausen, R.: Future development of contrail cover, optical depth, and radiative forcing: Impacts of increasing air traffic and climate change, J. Clim., 16, 2890-2804, 2003.
23. Ponater, M., Marquart, S., and Sausen, R.: Contrails in a comprehensive global climate model: Parameterisation and radiative forcing results, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 4164, doi:10.1029/2001JD000429, 2002.
24. Ponater, M., Marquart, S., Sausen, R., and Schumann, U.: On contrail climate sensitivity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L10706, doi:10.1029/2005GL022580, 2005.
25. Ponater, M., Pechtl, S., Sausen, R., Schumann, U., and Hüttig, G.: Potential of the cryoplane technology to reduce aircraft climate impact: A state-of-the-art assessment, Atmospheric Environment, 40, 6928-6944, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.06.036, 2006.
26. Reithmeier, C. and Sausen, R.: ATTILA - Atmospheric Tracer Transport in a Lagrangian Model, Tellus B, Chem. Phys. Meteorol., 54, 278-299, 2002.
27. x emissions scenarios, Clim. Change, 44, 25-58, 2000.
28. Sausen, R., Gierens, K., Ponater, M., and Schumann, U.: A diagnostic study of the global distribution of contrails, Part I: present day climate, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 61, 127-141, 1998.
29. Sausen, R., Isaksen, I., Grewe, V., Hauglustaine, D., Lee, D. S., Myhre, G., Köhler, M. O., Pitari, G., Schumann, U., Stordal, F., and Zerefos, C.: Aviation Radiative Forcing in 2000: An Update on IPCC (1999), Meteorol. Z., 14, 555-561, 2005.
30. Schumann, U., Busen, R., and Plohr, M.: Experimental test of the influence of propulsion efficiency on contrail formation, J. Aircraft, 37, 1083-1087, 2000.
31. Shine, K., Berntsen, T., Fuglestvedt, J., and Sausen, R.: Scientific issues in the design of metrics for inclusion of oxides of nitrogen in global climate agreements, PNAS, 44, 15 768-15 773, 2005.
32. Shine, K.P., Fuglestvedt, J.S., Kinfe, H., and Stuber, N.: Alternatives to the global warming potential for comparing climate impacts of emissions of greenhouse gases, Clim. Change, 68, 281-302, 2005.
33. Steil, B., Dameris, M., Brühl, C., Crutzen, P., Grewe, V., Ponater, M., and Sausen, R.: Development of a Chemistry Module for GCMs: First Results of a Multiannual Integration, Ann. Geophys., 16, 205-228, 1998.
34. Stenke, A., Grewe, V., and Pechtl, S.: Do supersonic aircraft avoid contrails?, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 955-967, 2008a.
35. Stenke, A., Grewe, V., and Ponater, M.: Lagrangian transport of water vapor and cloud water in the ECHAM4 GCM and its impact on the cold bias, Clim. Dynam., doi: 10.1007/s00382-007-0347-5, in press, 2008b.
36. x emissions: Mechanisms and seasonal dependence, J. Geophys. Res, 109, D17307, doi:10.1029/2004JD004759, 2004.
37. Stevenson, D. S., Dentener, F. J., Schultz, M. G., Ellingsen, K., van Noije, T. P. C., Wild, O., Zeng. G., et al.: Multimodel ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D08301, doi:10.1029/2005JD006338, 2006.
38. Stuber, N., Sausen, R., and Ponater, M.: Stratosphere adjusted radiative forcing calculations in a comprehensive climate model, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 68, 125-135, 2001.
39. Taalas, P., Damski, J., Kyrö, E., Ginzburg, M., and Talamoni, G.: Effect of stratospheric ozone variations on UV radiation and on tropospheric ozone at high latitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 102(D1), 1533-1540, doi:10.1029/96JD02310, 1997.
40. Wit, R. C. N., Boon, B. H., van Velzen, A., Cames, M., Deuber, O., and Lee, D. S.: Giving wings to emission trading - Inclusion of aviation under the European Emission Trading System (ETS): Design and impacts, CE-Delft, 05.7789.20, Netherlands, 2005.
41. Wuebbles, D., Dutta, M., Patten, K., and Baughcum, S.: Parametric study of potential effects of aircraft emissions on stratospheric ozone, in: Proceedings of the AAC-Conference, July 2003, Friedrichshafen, Germany, edited by: Sausen, R., Fichter, C., and Amanatidis, G., .140-144, 2004.