Gjm. Velders et al., THE SIMULATION OF THE TRANSPORT OF AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS BY A 3-DIMENSIONAL GLOBAL-MODEL, Annales geophysicae, 12(5), 1994, pp. 385-393
A three-dimensional off-line tracer transport model coupled to the ECM
WF analyses has been used to study the transport of trace gases in the
atmosphere. The model gives a reasonable description of their general
transport in the atmosphere. The simulation of the transport of aircr
aft emissions (as NO(x)) has been studied as well as the transport of
passive tracers injected at different altitudes in the North Atlantic
flight corridor. A large zonal variation in the NO(x) concentrations a
s well as large seasonal and yearly variations was found. The altitude
of the flight corridor influences the amount of tracers transported i
nto the troposphere and stratosphere to a great extent.