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Assessment of the Effects of High-Speed Aircraft in the Stratosphere: 1998This report assesses the potential atmospheric impacts of a proposed fleet of high-speed civil transport (HSCT) aircraft. The purpose of the report is to assess the effects of HSCT's on atmospheric composition and climate in order to provide a scientific basis for making technical, commercial, and environmental policy decisions regarding the HSCT fleet. The work summarized here was carried out as part of NASA's Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Project (a component of the High-Speed Research Program) as well as other NASA, U.S., and international research programs. The principal focus is on change in stratospheric ozone concentrations. The impact on climate change is also a concern. The report describes progress in understanding atmospheric processes, the current state of understanding of HSCT emissions, numerical model predictions of HSCT impacts, the principal uncertainties in atmospheric predictions, and the associated sensitivities in predicted effects of HSCT'S.
Document ID
19990054141
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Technical Publication (TP)
Authors
Kawa, S. Randolph (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Anderson, James G. (Harvard Univ. Cambridge, MA United States)
Baughcum, Steven L. (Boeing Co. Seattle, WA United States)
Brock, Charles A. (Denver Univ. Denver, CO United States)
Brune, William H. (Pennsylvania State Univ. University Park, PA United States)
Cohen, Ronald C. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA United States)
Kinnison, Douglas E. (National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO United States)
Newman, Paul A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Rodriguez, Jose M. (Miami Univ. FL United States)
Stolarski, Richard S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Waugh, Darryn (Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD United States)
Wofsy, Steven C. (Harvard Univ. Cambridge, MA United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1999
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Report/Patent Number
Rept-99B00055
NASA/TP-1999-209237
NAS 1.60:209237
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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