Aviation and the Global Atmosphere: A Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,9780521664042

Aviation and the Global Atmosphere: A Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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ISBN13: 9780521664042
ISBN10: 0521664047
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-06-13
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report is the most comprehensive assessment available of the effects of aviation on the global atmosphere. The report considers all the gases and particles emitted by aircraft into the atmosphere and the role which they play in modifying the chemical properties of the atmosphere and initiating the formation of contrails. The report then considers how all this can modify the radiative properties of the atmosphere, leading to climate change, and can modify the ozone layer, leading to changes in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. The report also considers how potential changes in aircraft technology, air transport operations, and the institutional, regulatory, and economic framework might affect emissions in the future. The volume provides accurate, unbiased, policy-relevant information to serve the aviation industry, policy-makers, environmental organisations, and researchers in global change, atmospheric chemistry, and economics.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Preface ix
Summary for Policymakers: Aviation and the Global Atmosphere 1(370)
Introduction
15(14)
Impacts of Aircraft Emissions on Atmospheric Ozone
29(36)
Aviation-Produced Aerosols and Cloudiness
65(56)
Modeling the Chemical Composition of the Future Atmosphere
121(44)
Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance at the Ground
165(20)
Potential Climate Change from Aviation
185(32)
Aircraft Technology and Its Relation to Emissions
217(54)
Air Transport Operations and Relation to Emissions
271(20)
Aircraft Emissions: Current Inventories and Future Scenarios
291(42)
Regulatory and Market-Based Mitigation Measures
333(38)
Annexes
A. Authors, Contributors, and Expert Reviewers
353(8)
B. Glossary of Terms
361(6)
C. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Units
367(4)
D. List of Major IPCC Reports
371

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