Download or read book Aviation and Climate Change written by James E. McCarthy and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Aircraft are a significant source of greenhouse gases. In the U.S., aircraft of all kinds are estimated to emit between 2.6% and 3.4% of the nation¿s total greenhouse gas emissions. The impact of U.S. aviation on climate change is perhaps twice that size when other factors are considered. These include the contribution of aircraft emissions to ozone formation, and the water vapor and soot that aircraft emit. This report provides background on aviation emissions and the factors affecting them; discusses the tools available to control emissions, incl. existing authority under the Clean Air Act and proposed economy-wide cap-and-trade legislation; and examines international regulatory developments that may affect U.S. commercial airlines. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Aviation and Climate Change written by Susan Fleming and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aircraft emit greenhouse gases and other emissions, contributing to increasing concentrations of such gases in the atmosphere. Many scientists and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change believe these gases may negatively affect the earth¿s climate. Given forecasts of growth in aviation emissions, some gov¿ts. are taking steps to reduce emissions. This report reviews: (1) estimates of aviation¿s current and future contribution to greenhouse gas and other emissions that may affect climate change; (2) existing and potential technological and operational improvements that can reduce aircraft emissions; and (3) policy options for gov¿ts. to help address commercial aircraft emissions. Illustrations.
Download or read book Aviation and the Global Atmosphere written by Joyce E. Penner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report is the most comprehensive assessment available on the effects of aviation on the global atmosphere. The report considers all the gases and particles emitted by aircraft that modify the chemical properties of the atmosphere, leading to changes in radiative properties and climate change, and modification of the ozone layer, leading to changes in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. This volume provides accurate, unbiased, policy-relevant information and is designed to serve the aviation industry and the expert and policymaking communities.
Download or read book Aviation and the Environment written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Potential Environmental Effects of Aircraft Emissions written by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Global Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Report of the Proceedings of the Symposium written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aircraft Emissions Potential Effects on Ozone and Climate written by United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Environmental Quality. High Altitude Pollution Program and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft Project written by Panel on Atmospheric Effects of Aviation and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-09-04 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists and policy-makers alike are concerned that operation of a fleet of high-speed civil transport (HSCT) aircraft could significantly affect the global atmosphere. HSCT emissions may have a direct effect on the chemistry of the atmosphere, leading to changes in the distribution of ozone; they may also have indirect effects on ozone and on global climate through coupling with radiative and dynamical processes in the atmosphere. An assessment of the atmospheric impact of a fleet of HSCTs thus requires not only an understanding of the chemistry of the natural stratosphere and its possible perturbations by HSCT emissions, but also an understanding of the pathways for transport of HSCT emissions within the atmosphere, and the resulting temporal and spatial distribution of HSCT emissions. The results of NASA's Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft (AESA) project were summarized in a 1995 NASA assessment. The present report looks at that summary and at more recent work to evaluate the state of the science. AESA has made good progress in the past few years. Satellite and aircraft observations have elucidated important aspects of large-scale transport processes. Field campaigns have provided a much better picture of the relative importance, below 20 km altitude, of the major catalytic cycles for ozone destruction. Careful intercomparisons of assessment models have led to reduction of some of the differences among the models. However, a number of uncertainties and inconsistencies still remain.
Download or read book Aviation and the Global Atmospheric Environment written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based essentially on the Special Report on Aviation and Global Atmosphere, this booklet summarises the authoritative assessments of the effects of aviation emissions on the environment."--Forward.
Download or read book The Effects of Stratospheric Pollution by Aircraft Report of Findings final Report written by United States. Department of Transportation. Climatic Impact Assessment Program Office and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recent Developments in the Estimation of Potential Effects of High Altitude Aircraft Emissions on Ozone and Climate written by Robert Carl Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Review of NASA s Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft Project written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-05 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NRC Panel on the Atmospheric Effects of Aviation (PAEAN) was established to provide guidance to NASA's Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Program (AEAP) by evaluating the appropriateness of the program's research plan, appraising the project-sponsored results relative to the current state of scientific knowledge, identifying key scientific uncertainties, and suggesting research activities likely to reduce those uncertainties. Over the last few years, the panel has written periodic reviews of both the subsonic aviation (Subsonic Assessment-SASS) and the supersonic aviation (Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft-AESA) components of AEAP, including: An Interim Review of the Subsonic Assessment Project (1997); An Interim Assessment of AEAP's Emissions Characterization and Near-Field Interactions Elements (1997); An Interim Review of the AESA Project: Science and Progress (1998); Atmospheric Effects of Aviation: A Review of NASA's Subsonic Assessment Project (1998). This report constitutes the final review of AESA and will be the last report written by this panel. The primary audience for these reports is the program managers and scientists affiliated with AEAP, although in some cases the topics discussed are of interest to a wider audience.
Download or read book Climate Change and the Aviation Industry written by Frank Fichert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the political, economic and managerial challenges for policy makers and the air transport industry as they face climate change. Based on an overview of the scientific background and technological options for emissions reduction, Aviation and Climate Change provides an in-depth assessment of environmental regulation and management. It provides an up-to-the-minute analysis of the effects of aviation on climate change, and an economic analysis of policies to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. The main emphasis of the book is on the economic mechanisms used to lessen emissions - carbon taxes, emissions trading schemes and offset schemes. It pays particular attention to the ways these policies work, and to the interaction between them - for instance, the interaction between taxes and emissions trading schemes. One feature of the book is that it analyses the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) which has been developed by ICAO for international aviation, and which is due to commence operation shortly. The advantages and disadvantages of this controversial scheme are discussed. This book will be of interest to researchers in diverse areas (economics, political science, engineering, natural sciences), to air transport policy makers, and to managers in the aviation industry.
Download or read book Aviation and the Environment NextGen and Research and Development are Keys to Reducing Emissions and Their Impact on Health and Climate written by Gerald L. Dillingham and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collaboration between the fed. gov¿t. and the aviation industry has led to reductions in aviation emissions (AE), but growing air traffic has partially offset these reductions. Various fed. agencies are working to increase the efficiency, safety, and capacity of the nat. airspace system and at the same time reduce AE, in part, by transforming the current air traffic control system to the Next Generation Air Transp. System (NextGen). This effort involves new technologies and air traffic procedures that can reduce AE and incorporates R&D on emissions-reduction technologies. This testimony addresses: (1) the scope and nature of AE; (2) the status of selected key fed. efforts to reduce AE; and (3) next steps and challenges in reducing AE. Illustrations.
Download or read book Recent Developments in the Estimation of Potential Effects of High Altitude Aircraft Emissions on Ozone and Climate written by Robert Carl Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review is provided of recent (December 1976-June 1978) developments in problems associated with estimating the potential effects that aircraft emissions at cruise altitudes may have on the earth's protective ozone shield and/or surface climate. Background information is provided as deemed necessary for context. The review shows that one recently measured key reaction rate(HO2 + NO yields NO2 + HO) has had dramatic effects on the ozone question. Computed effects on the ozone column of nitrogen oxides (which, unless in very large quantity, now cause an increase) and water vapor emissions (which, unless thermal feedback effects are included, cause a decrease) from supersonic transports (at 17-20 km) are now small and, on balance, apparently positive, at least for moderate fleets (several hundred aircraft). Subsonic aircraft also appear to cause small increases in the ozone column; however, on new modeling results are available. The new HO2 + NO rate has affected model duplication of the natural atmosphere adversely; another important new rate (HO2 + O3 yields HO + 2 O2), not yet incorporated in available results, may reduce this difficulty. Second-order effects (thermal feedback) have become important, particularly in modeling water effects; the modeling of water transport processes, however, involves many uncertainties. Additional modeling studies are needed. Progress in emissions measurement uncertainties and brief comments on possibly important climatic aspects are also included. (Author).
Download or read book Ozone Depletion the Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plane Trading written by Chris Hewett and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 2000 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
