Τίτλος:
Manmade changes in Cirrus clouds from 1984 to 2007: A preliminary study
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
We analyse cirrus cloud data over congested air traffic corridors during the period 1984–2007 and look into manmade changes in cirrus clouds due to air traffic. The analysis is based on the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) D2 data set for the period 1984–2007. Manmade changes in cirrus clouds were determined from the comparison of cirrus clouds over higher traffic regions and over lower traffic regions. These comparisons were done by calculating the differences between adjacent high and low air traffic areas over North America, Europe, North Atlantic and North Pacific. In all cases the differences show a positive trend which is consistent with the increasing trend of global air traffic in the past 20 years. Over North America, Europe, North Atlantic and North Pacific cirrus clouds increased by 0.9 % per decade over high air traffic regions relative to their low traffic counterparts. The result of manmade cirrus increase of 0.9 % over the western air traffic corridors is expected to have a measurable effect in radiative forcing. © 2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
Συγγραφείς:
Eleftheratos, K.
Myhre, G.
Minnis, P.
Kapsomenakis, I.
Zerefos, C.
Περιοδικό:
Green Energy and Technology
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Atmospheric radiation; Aviation; Climatology; Dehydration; Transportation, Air traffics; Cirrus clouds; Europe; Global air traffic; International satellite cloud climatology projects; North Atlantic; North Pacific; Radiative forcings, Clouds
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-30127-3_61
