Potential to reduce the climate impact of aviation by flight level changes

3rd AIAA Atmospheric Space Environments Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schumann, Ulrich ^a   Graf, Kaspar ^a   Mannstein, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CONTRAIL FORMATION; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; IMPACT OF CHANGES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SIMULATION PREDICTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85070737096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2011-3376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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