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Climate Impact of Transport

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Transport impacts the atmospheric composition and the climate by CO2 and non-CO2 emissions. The atmospheric lifetime of most non-CO2 emissions is much shorter than the CO2 lifetime. Nevertheless, the non-CO2 climate effects are large in comparison to the CO2 effect, in particular for aviation and shipping. This is mainly due to triggering new clouds and modifying existing clouds, and to the impact of nitrogen oxides emissions on the abundances of ozone and methane.

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    German national research program “Pollutants from Aviation”.

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    Here CO2-equivalent is the sum of all emissions of gases regulated in the Kyoto Protocol (in particular CO2, CH4) weighted with their 100-year GWP (Global Warming Potential).

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    Transport Development and Environment.

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    Robert Sausen, Klaus Gierens, Veronika Eyring, Johannes Hendricks & Mattia Righi

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Sausen, R., Gierens, K., Eyring, V., Hendricks, J., Righi, M. (2012). Climate Impact of Transport. In: Schumann, U. (eds) Atmospheric Physics. Research Topics in Aerospace. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30183-4_43

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