Impacts of aircraft emissions on the air quality near the ground

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5505-5522

  Lee, H ^a,b   Olsen, S C ^a   Wuebbles, D J ^a   Youn, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; AMMONIA; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN; OZONE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84879020607     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-5505-2013     Document Type: Article

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