Articles | Volume 19, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6809-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6809-2019
Research article
 | 
21 May 2019
Research article |  | 21 May 2019

Chemical composition and radiative properties of nascent particulate matter emitted by an aircraft turbofan burning conventional and alternative fuels

Miriam Elser, Benjamin Tobias Brem, Lukas Durdina, David Schönenberger, Frithjof Siegerist, Andrea Fischer, and Jing Wang

Download

Interactive discussion

Status: closed
Status: closed
AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
Printer-friendly Version - Printer-friendly version Supplement - Supplement

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Miriam Elser on behalf of the Authors (13 Mar 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Mar 2019) by Paul Zieger
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (11 Apr 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (11 Apr 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Apr 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Apr 2019) by Paul Zieger
AR by Miriam Elser on behalf of the Authors (26 Apr 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Apr 2019) by Paul Zieger
AR by Miriam Elser on behalf of the Authors (30 Apr 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (09 May 2019) by Paul Zieger
AR by Miriam Elser on behalf of the Authors (09 May 2019)  Manuscript 
Download
Short summary
This work presents the link between the chemical composition and the optical properties of the aerosol emissions of an aircraft turbofan using conventional and alternative fuels. A high organic carbon fraction at low thrusts is linked to high single scattering albedos. The optical properties at cruise conditions are used to evaluate the radiative forcing efficiency of aircraft aerosol emissions, which have a substantial warming effect when emitted over highly reflective surfaces such as snow.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint