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The impact of future aircraft emissions on concentrations of reactive nitrogen, water vapour and ozone has been calculated using the 3-dimensional stratospheric chemical transport model SCTM-1. Emissions of NOx (NO+NO2) and H2O from both sub-and supersonic aircraft have been considered.
NOxemissions from subsonic aircraft flying in the troposphere and the lowermost stratosphere lead to a significant increase in ozone in the upper troposphere. Emissions of NOx and H2O from supersonic aircraft cruising in the stratosphere are calculated to decrease the column abundance of O3. The effects of aircraft emissions are found to be strongly dependent on flight altitudes and on assumed emission indices for NOx
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Gauss, M., Isaksen, I.S.A. (2000). The Impact of NOx and H2O Emissions from Future Sub- and Supersonic Aircraft upon the Chemical Composition of the Atmosphere. In: Zerefos, C.S., Isaksen, I.S.A., Ziomas, I. (eds) Chemistry and Radiation Changes in the Ozone Layer. NATO Science Series, vol 557. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4353-0_7
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