What are the implications of climate change for trans-Atlantic aircraft routing and flight time?

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-53

  Irvine, Emma A ^a   Shine, Keith P ^a   Stringer, Marc A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aviation; Climate change; CMIP5; Jet stream

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DAILY VARIATIONS; JET STREAMS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; ROUTING SOFTWARE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; JET STREAM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84968830418     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2016.04.014     Document Type: Article

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