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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-14253-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-14253-2022
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Transport patterns of global aviation NOx and their short-term O3 radiative forcing – a machine learning approach
Jin Maruhashi
Section Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Volker Grewe
Section Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre,
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Christine Frömming
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre,
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Patrick Jöckel
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre,
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Irene C. Dedoussi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Section Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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Aviation NOx emissions lead to the formation of ozone in the atmosphere in the short term, which has a climate warming effect. This study uses global-scale simulations to characterize the transport patterns between NOx emissions at an altitude of ~ 10.4 km and the resulting ozone. Results show a strong spatial and temporal dependence of NOx in disturbing atmospheric O3 concentrations, with the location that is most impacted in terms of warming not necessarily coinciding with the emission region.
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