Acronyms
AASE-II
Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
AEAP
Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Program
AESA
Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft project
ASHOE
Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon
CIAP
Climatic Impact Assessment Program
CIMS
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry
CN
Condensation nuclei
CTM
Chemical transport model
DOT
Department of Transportation
EI
Emission index
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
GCM
General-circulation model
GMI
Global Modeling Initiative
HSCT
High-speed civil transport
HSR
High-Speed Research Program
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
LPP
Lean-Premixed-Prevaporized
MAESA
Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAT
Nitric acid trihydrate
NAD
Nitric acid dihydrate
NRC
National Research Council
PAEAN
Panel on Atmospheric Effects of Aviation
POLARIS
Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region in Summer
PSC
Polar stratospheric cloud
QBO
Quasi-biennial oscillation
RQL
Rich-burn, Quick-quench, Lean-burn
SAGE III
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment
SASS
Subsonic Assessment Project
SOLVE
SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment
SPADE
Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols, and Dynamics Expedition
SST
Supersonic transport
STRAT
Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport
SUCCESS
Subsonic Aircraft: Contrail and Cloud Effects Special Study
UARP
Upper Atmosphere Research Program
