Shah et al. 1996

Shah, K.P., D. Rind, and P. Lonergan, 1996: Could high-speed civil transport aircraft impact stratospheric and tropospheric temperatures measured by microwave sounding unit? J. Geophys. Res., 101, 28711-28721, doi:10.1029/96JD02721.

A radiative transfer postprocessor calculates microwave brightness temperatures T_b from climate experiments investigating supersonic aircraft exhaust impacts with the Global Climate/Middle Atmosphere Model (GCMAM) at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Microwave signals from the exhaust-perturbed GCMAM atmospheres are contrasted with observed interannual variability (natural "noise") for 1982-1991 as measured by microwave sounding unit (MSU) channels across the lower troposphere, midtroposphere, and lower stratosphere. Exaggerated ozone and water vapor perturbataions at supersonic cruise altitudes produce microwave signals easily detected against natural noise. The realistic stratospheric ozone and water vapor changes produce signals under 0.6 K and negligible S/N ratios. The slight climatic forcings are overwhelmed by natural feedbacks of high and low cloud formation, sea ice formation, and snow coverage.

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Shah, K.P., Rind, D., and Lonergan, P.: Could high-speed civil transport aircraft impact stratospheric and tropospheric temperatures measured by microwave sounding unit? J. Geophys. Res., 101, 28711-28721, doi:10.1029/96JD02721, 1996.

Shah, K.P., D. Rind, and P. Lonergan (1996), Could high-speed civil transport aircraft impact stratospheric and tropospheric temperatures measured by microwave sounding unit? J. Geophys. Res., 101, 28711-28721, doi:10.1029/96JD02721.

Shah, K.P., D. Rind, and P. Lonergan, 1996: Could high-speed civil transport aircraft impact stratospheric and tropospheric temperatures measured by microwave sounding unit? J. Geophys. Res., 101, 28711-28721, doi:10.1029/96JD02721.

Shah, K.P., Rind, D., & Lonergan, P. 1996, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 28711, doi:10.1029/96JD02721.

Shah KP, Rind D, Lonergan P. Could high-speed civil transport aircraft impact stratospheric and tropospheric temperatures measured by microwave sounding unit? J Geophys Res 1996;101:28711-28721. doi:10.1029/96JD02721.

K.P. Shah, D. Rind, P. Lonergan, J. Geophys. Res. 101, 28711-28721, doi:10.1029/96JD02721 (1996).