Reductions in aircraft particulate emissions due to the use of Fischer-Tropsch fuels

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-23

  Beyersdorf, A J ^a   Timko, M T ^b,g   Ziemba, L D ^a   Bulzan, D ^c   Corporan, E ^d   Herndon, S C ^b   Howard, R ^e   Miake Lye, R ^b   Thornhill, K L ^a,f   Winstead, E ^a,f   Wey, C ^c   Yu, Z ^b   Anderson, B E ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Arnold Engineering Development Center ^*  (United States)

^f SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^g WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NATURAL GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOOT;

EID: 84891720422     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-11-2014     Document Type: Article

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