Radiative forcing due to aviation water vapour emissions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Wilcox, L J ^a   Shine, K P ^a   Hoskins, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aviation; Climate; Lagrangian trajectory; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; E-FOLDING; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; UPPER BOUND; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER VAPOUR;

AVIATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; TRAJECTORIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AVIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84867002752     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.08.072     Document Type: Article

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