Aviation fuel tracer simulation: Model intercomparison and implications

M. Y. Danilin; D. W. Fahey; U. Schumann; M. J. Prather; J. E. Penner; M. K.W. Ko; D. K. Weisenstein; C. H. Jackman; G. Pitari; I. Köhler; R. Sausen; C. J. Weaver; A. R. Douglass; P. S. Connell; D. E. Kinnison; F. J. Dentener; E. L. Fleming; T. K. Berntsen; I. S.A. Isaksen; J. M. Haywood; B. Kärcher

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Aviation fuel tracer simulation: Model intercomparison and implications

M. Y. Danilin, D. W. Fahey, U. Schumann, M. J. Prather, J. E. Penner, M. K.W. Ko, D. K. Weisenstein, C. H. Jackman, G. Pitari, I. Köhler, R. Sausen, C. J. Weaver, A. R. Douglass, P. S. Connell, D. E. Kinnison, F. J. Dentener, E. L. Fleming, T. K. Berntsen, I. S.A. Isaksen, J. M. HaywoodB. Kärcher

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An upper limit for aircraft-produced perturbations to aerosols and gaseous exhaust products in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UT/LS) is derived using the 1992 aviation fuel tracer simulation performed by eleven global atmospheric models. Key findings are that subsonic aircraft emissions: 1) have not be responsible for the observed water vapor trends at 40°N; 2) could be a significant source of soot mass near 12 km, but not at 20 km, 3) might cause a noticeable increase in the background sulfate aerosol surface area and number densities (but not mass density) near the northern mid-latitude tropopause, and 4) could provide a global, annual mean top of the atmosphere radiative forcing up to +0.006 W/m² and -0.013 W/m² due to emitted soot and sulfur, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3947-3950
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	25
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/1998GL900058
State	Published - Nov 1 1998

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Danilin, M. Y., Fahey, D. W., Schumann, U., Prather, M. J., Penner, J. E., Ko, M. K. W., Weisenstein, D. K., Jackman, C. H., Pitari, G., Köhler, I., Sausen, R., Weaver, C. J., Douglass, A. R., Connell, P. S., Kinnison, D. E., Dentener, F. J., Fleming, E. L., Berntsen, T. K., Isaksen, I. S. A., ... Kärcher, B. (1998). Aviation fuel tracer simulation: Model intercomparison and implications. Geophysical Research Letters, 25(21), 3947-3950. https://doi.org/10.1029/1998GL900058

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