Abstract
Although a great deal of attention has been given to the role of water vapor from supersonic transport (SST) exhaust in the stratosphere, oxides of nitrogen from SST exhaust pose a much greater threat to the ozone shield than does an increase in water. The projected increase in stratospheric oxides of nitrogen could reduce the ozone shield by about a factor of 2, thus permitting the harsh radiation below 300 nanometers to permeate the lower atmosphere.
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Created | 18 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 5, 2006, 9:17 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 2024, 11:42 a.m.) |
Indexed | 2 weeks, 6 days ago (Aug. 7, 2025, 4:55 a.m.) |
Issued | 54 years ago (Aug. 6, 1971) |
Published | 54 years ago (Aug. 6, 1971) |
Published Print | 54 years ago (Aug. 6, 1971) |
@article{Johnston_1971, title={Reduction of Stratospheric Ozone by Nitrogen Oxide Catalysts from Supersonic Transport Exhaust}, volume={173}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.173.3996.517}, DOI={10.1126/science.173.3996.517}, number={3996}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Johnston, Harold}, year={1971}, month=aug, pages={517–522} }