Measurements of nitrous acid in commercial aircraft exhaust at the alternative aviation fuel experiment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 7648-7654

  Lee, Ben H ^a   Santoni, Gregory W ^a   Wood, Ezra C ^b,c   Herndon, Scott C ^b   Miake Lye, Richard C ^b   Zahniser, Mark S ^d   Wofsy, Steven C ^a   Munger, J William ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION FUEL; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; EMISSION INDEX; ENGINE POWER; ENGINE THRUST; EXHAUST PLUMES; FISCHER-TROPSCH FUELS; MEASUREMENT STUDY; NITROUS ACID;

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INORGANIC ACIDS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

FUEL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS ACID;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; EXHAUST EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INORGANIC ACID; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; THRUST;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT EXHAUST; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRCRAFT; COAL; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS, NATURAL; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROUS ACID; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052727538     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200921t     Document Type: Article

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