Reduction of the air traffic's contribution to climate change: A REACT4C case study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 616-625

  Grewe, Volker ^a   Champougny, Thierry ^b   Matthes, Sigrun ^a   Frömming, Christine ^a   Brinkop, Sabine ^a   Søvde, Ole Amund ^c   Irvine, Emma A ^d   Halscheidt, Lucia ^a,e  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b EUROCONTROL   (Belgium)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air traffic; Climate mitigation; Contrails; Optimisation; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; AVIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; COST FUNCTIONS; COST REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; WATER VAPOR;

AIR TRAFFICS; ATMOSPHERE CHEMISTRY MODEL; CIRRUS FORMATION; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; CONTRAILS; FLIGHT ALTITUDES; INDIRECT EFFECTS; OPTIMISATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FUEL; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS;

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR TRAFFIC; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FLIGHT; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REDUCTION; TIME; TRAFFIC; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84902211041     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.059     Document Type: Article

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