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Title

Aviation and the global atmosphere : a special report of IPCC Working Groups I and III in collaboration with the Scientific Assessment Panel to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer / edited by Joyce E. Penner ... [et al.].

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Penner, Joyce E.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group I
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group III.

Description

x, 373 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 29 cm.

Summary

"This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Reports is the most comprehensive assessment available of the effects of aviation on the global atmosphere. The report considers all the gases and particles emitted by aircraft into the atmosphere and the role they play in modifying the chemical properties of the atmosphere and initiating the formation of contrails. The report then considers how all this can modify the radiative properties of the atmosphere, leading to climate change, and how it can modify the ozone layer, leading to changes in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. The report also considers how potential changes in aircraft technology, air transport operations, and the institutional, regulatory, and economic framework might affect emissions in the future." "This volume provides accurate, unbiased, policy-relevant information to serve the aviation industry, policymakers, environmental organizations, and researchers in global change, atmospheric chemistry, and economics."--Jacket.

Subject

• Aircraft exhaust emissions > Environmental aspects
• Aircraft exhaust emissions > Climatic factors

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Summary for Policymakers: Aviation and the Global Atmosphere -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Impacts of Aircraft Emissions on Atmospheric Ozone -- 3. Aviation-Produced Aerosols and Cloudiness -- 4. Modeling the Chemical Composition of the Future Atmosphere -- 5. Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance at the Ground -- 6. Potential Climate Change from Aviation -- 7. Aircraft Technology and Its Relation to Emissions -- 8. Air Transport Operations and Relation to Emissions -- 9. Aircraft Emissions: Current Inventories and Future Scenarios -- 10. Regulatory and Market-Based Mitigation Measures -- Annexe A. Authors, Contributors, and Expert Reviewers -- Annexe D. List of Major IPCC Reports.

ISBN

• 0521663008 (cased)
• 9780521663007 (cased)
• 0521664047 (pbk.)
• 9780521664042 (pbk.)

OCLC

41834222

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library