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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2687-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2687-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Global impacts of aviation on air quality evaluated at high resolution
Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Guillaume P. Chossière
Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Raymond L. Speth
Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Daniel J. Jacob
Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Steven R. H. Barrett
Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Short summary
Emissions from aircraft are known to cause air quality impacts worldwide, but the scale and mechanisms of this impact are not well understood. This work uses high-resolution computational modeling of the atmosphere to show that air pollution changes from aviation are mostly the result of emissions during cruise (high-altitude) operations, that these impacts are related to how much non-aviation pollution is present, and that prior regional assessments have underestimated these impacts.
Emissions from aircraft are known to cause air quality impacts worldwide, but the scale and...
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