Climate change and the impact of extreme temperatures on aviation

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 94-102

  Coffel, E ^a   Horton, R ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEIGHT;

EID: 84921779342     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-14-00026.1     Document Type: Article

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