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Chemistry and Radiation Changes in the Ozone Layer pp 105–119Cite as

Atmospheric Ozone as a Climate Gas: Studies Concerning Aircraft Emissions

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It is recognized that atmospheric O3, distribution can be perturbed by anthropogenic activity through increased O3, precursors (NOx, CO and hydrocarbons) in the troposphere and O3-depleting compounds in the stratosphere (WMO, 1999). Changes in the O3 vertical distribution, especially in the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere, can perturb the radiative forcing of the troposphere-surface climate system with subsequent climate implications (Wang and Sze, 1980; Lacis et al., 1990). Aircraft flying at cruising altitudes of 8 to 18 km emit pollutants of CO2, NOx, water vapor, soot and sulfate particles which can affect radiative forcing directly through attenuation of solar and longwave radiation and indirectly through perturbation to O3 and the formation of contrails (IPCC, 1999).

The lecture addresses “atmospheric ozone as a climate gas” with a broader perspective, covering the greenhouse effect, the radiative and chemical processes of atmospheric O3, the concept of radiative forcing for climate change, and then the case studies of aircraft emissions involving O3. Because changes in climate (temperature, moisture, clouds, winds) also affect the O3 layer, the importance of interactive climate-chemistry in global general circulation model is also discussed.

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  1. Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, SUNYA, 251 Fuller Rd., Albany, NY, 12203, USA

    Wei-Chyung Wang, Jing Wang & Xin-Zhong Liang

  2. Institute of Geophysics, University of Oslo, 1022, Blindern, 0315, Oslo, Norway

    Ivar S. A. Isaksen & Michael Gauss

  3. Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2204 Griffith Dr., Champaign, 61820, IL, USA

    Xin-Zhong Liang

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  1. Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Christos S. Zerefos (Professor, Director) (Professor, Director)

  2. Department of Geophysics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Ivar S. A. Isaksen (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Wang, WC., Isaksen, I.S.A., Wang, J., Gauss, M., Liang, XZ. (2000). Atmospheric Ozone as a Climate Gas: Studies Concerning Aircraft Emissions. 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_9

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