Aircraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions during the Landing and Takeoff Cycle at Bay Area Airports

<p>The aviation industry is a growing industry and has global environmental impacts. Throughout all phases of air transit, pollutant emissions, including greenhouse gases (GHGs), are released. The goal of this study is to quantify and characterize these emissions produced from aircraft in the LTO cycle at Bay Area airports.</p> <p>FAA data was used along with the Emissions and Dispersion Modeling System (EDMS) to produce GHG emissions inventory for the LTO cycle at SFO, OAK, and SJC. These emissions inventories were compared to comparable sized airports both domestically and internationally.</p> <p>Results indicate that CO₂ represents 99.5% of all aircraft LTO GHG emissions. It was also determined that emissions inventories are highly dependent on the type of aircraft taking off at each airport. Suggestions for mitigation strategies were made using the interactive tool AirportGEAR, developed in conjunction with the FAA.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Environmental Management (MSEM)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Environmental Management

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Norton, Travis M

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chris Ruehl

• aircraft emissions
• AirportGEAR
• Carbon Dioxide
• Bay Area
• Landing and Takeoff
• EDMS
• Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment
• Environmental Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/15

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1013