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Title: Impact of high speed civil transports on stratospheric ozone: A 2-D model investigation

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OSTI ID:492091

This study investigates the effect on stratospheric ozone from a fleet of proposed High Speed Civil Transports (HSCTs). The new LLNL 2-D operator-split chemical-radiative-transport model of the troposphere and stratosphere is used for this HSCT investigation. This model is integrated in a diurnal manner, using an implicit numerical solver. Therefore, rate coefficients are not modified by any sort of diurnal average factor. This model also does not make any assumptions on lumping of chemical species into families. Comparisons to previous model-derived HSCT assessment of ozone change are made, both to the previous LLNL 2-D model and to other models from the international assessment modeling community. The sensitivity to the NO{sub x} emission index and sulfate surface area density is also explored.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
492091
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-126045; CONF-9610234-1; ON: DE97052669
Resource Relation:
Conference: International colloquium: Impact of aircraft emissions upon the atmosphere, Paris (France), 15-18 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English