Lifting options for stratospheric aerosol geoengineering: Advantages of tethered balloon systems

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

Volumn 370, Issue 1974, 2012, Pages 4263-4300

  Davidson, Peter ^a   Burgoyne, Chris ^b   Hunt, Hugh ^b   Causier, Matt ^b  

^a Davidson Technology Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geoengineering Climate change Tethered balloons Stratospheric particle injection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BALLOONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAGULATION; MANUFACTURE; OZONE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFURIC ACID; SUN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTILLERY SHELLS; CAPITAL COSTS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; GEOENGINEERING; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; INTERNAL PRESSURE; OZONE DESTRUCTION; RADIATION MANAGEMENT; ROYAL SOCIETY; SCALE-UP; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; STRONG WINDS; TETHERED BALLOON; TIME-SCALES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864699523     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0639     Document Type: Article

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