Impact of aircraft NOx emissions. Part 2: Effects of lowering the flight altitude

Aircraft emissions of NOx amount to a small proportion of total emissions of NOx from man-made and natural sources. However, NOx from subsonic aircraft are directly emitted in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere and have a relatively strong effect on the production of ozone (O3), a greenhou...

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Main Authors: Volker Grewe, Martin Dameris, Christine Fichter, David S. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2002-08-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2002/0011-0197