J. Paladino et al., PARTICLE CONCENTRATION CHARACTERIZATION FOR JET ENGINE EMISSIONS UNDER CRUISE CONDITIONS, Geophysical research letters, 25(10), 1998, pp. 1697-1700
Airborne particle measurements during NASA project SUCCESS have shown
that particle concentration profiles serve as good indicators of aircr
aft exhaust plume encounters. During exhaust plume penetrations there
is a strong anticorrelation between the ratio of nonvolatile/total par
ticulates and Nitrogen Oxide (NO) concentrations. An increase in fuel
sulfur content was found to increase the total particle emission index
, while the nonvolatile emission index remained unchanged. The EI's in
creased by a factor of 2.6 as the fuel sulfur increased from 70 - 700
ppm. The large particle size distribution (200-400 mm) was seen as a g
ood long term indicator of an aircraft exhaust plume.