Mid-21st century chemical forcing of climate by the civil aviation sector

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 641-645

  Unger, Nadine ^a   Zhao, Yupu ^a   Dang, Hongyan ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

aircraft emissions; climate modeling; ozone; radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; NITRATES; OZONE;

AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS; CHEMICAL CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE IMPACT; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; STRONGLY NONLINEAR;

CIVIL AVIATION;

AIRCRAFT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; NITRATE; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84878191489     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50161     Document Type: Article

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