Objective
To determine the composition, spatial and temporal distribution and transformation of pollutants emitted from jet engines of subsonic airtraffic at cruise altitudes near the tropopause within the eastern part of the North Atlantic flight corridor.
This project is in two parts : Measurements and Modelling.
The experimental work includes measurements of NO, NO2, O3, HNO2, HNO3, SO2, H2SO4, H2O, CO2, particles, mean and turbulent velocities, temperature, pressure and location using the research aircraft Falcon along and across the main flight corridor in the west of the Scottish coastline before and after the westbound traffic peak hours. Two intensive field campaigns are proposed, one under winter conditions (low tropopause, little vertical mixing by convection, high zonal wind) and one under summer conditions (high tropopause, enhanced convective activity, high photolysis rates).
For the preparation, analysis and interpretation of the measurements a hierarchy of models will be applied. In the pre-experimental phase the most suitable weather conditions and flight pattern will be defined using both, large scale and fine scale transport models. During the campaigns European Centre for Medium Range Weather (ECMWF) and High Resolution Limited Area Model (HIRLAM) forecasts, on-line trajectory calculations and airtraffic data information from the Civil Aviation Authority will be used for actual flight track planning. In the post-experimental phase a multiple of models will be applied to compute the chemical and meteorological fields for comparison with the measurements including plume mixing models, chemical plume models, and two- and three-dimensional transport and chemistry models.
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- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences environmental sciences pollution
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82234 WESSLING
Germany
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