Aircraft Emissions, Their Plume-Scale Effects, and the Spatio-Temporal Sensitivity of the Atmospheric Response: A Review

Kieran N Tait; M. A. H.  Khan; Steve Bullock; Mark H Lowenberg; Dudley E Shallcross

doi:10.3390/aerospace9070355

Aircraft Emissions, Their Plume-Scale Effects, and the Spatio-Temporal Sensitivity of the Atmospheric Response: A Review

Kieran N Tait^*, M. A. H. Khan, Steve Bullock, Mark H Lowenberg , Dudley E Shallcross

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Non-CO2 aircraft emissions are responsible for the majority of aviation’s climate impact, however their precise effect is largely dependent on the environmental conditions of the ambient air in which they are released. Investigating the principal causes of this spatio-temporal sensitivity can bolster understanding of aviation-induced climate change, as well as offer potential mitigation solutions that can be implemented in the interim to low carbon flight regimes. This review paper covers the generation of emissions and their characteristic dispersion, air traffic distribution, local and global climate impact, and operational mitigation solutions, all aimed at improving scientific awareness of aviation’s non-CO2 climate impact.

Original language	English
Article number	355
Number of pages	47
Journal	Aerospace
Volume	9
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9070355
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2022

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Cabot Institute Low Carbon Energy Research
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aviation
aircraft emissions
climate impact
non-CO2
operational mitigation
plume-scale
air traffic
climate-optimal routing
formation flight

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Discipline Hopping for Environmental Solutions: Aerospace/Atmospheric Chemistry
Bullock, S. (Principal Investigator), Lowenberg , M. H. (Co-Principal Investigator), Shallcross, D. E. (Co-Principal Investigator), Khan, M. A. H. (Researcher) & Tait, K. N. (Researcher)
1/01/22 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
Mitigation of non-CO2 climate impact of civil aviation - Aerospace Engineering/Atmospheric Chemistry collaboration
Bullock, S. (Principal Investigator), Lowenberg , M. H. (Co-Principal Investigator), Shallcross, D. E. (Principal Investigator), Khan, M. A. H. (Researcher) & Tait, K. N. (Researcher)
1/10/20 → 1/04/24
Project: Research

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