TY - JOUR
T1 - Aviation-Contrail Impacts on Climate and Climate Change
T2 - A Ready-to-Wear Research Mantle for Geographers
AU - Carleton, Andrew M.
AU - Travis, David J.
N1 - Funding Information:
∗The research reported herein was supported by National Science Foundation grants BCS-0819416 and BCS-0819396. This article resulted from the Special Session on Aviation Impacts on Climate and Climate Change, held at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington (April 2011).
Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Although geographers are highly visible in research into contemporary climate changes accompanying greenhouse gas increases ("global warming"), a relatively little explored component by them is the impact of aviation. This contrasts with the atmospheric science community of cloud physicists, chemists, and numerical modelers, who use geographic tools of trade. Geographers are well positioned to investigate aviation-climate impacts, especially related to contrail clouds, given geographic traditions of environment, spatial variation, regionalization, generalization, and the integrative approach to studying physical and human systems (here, climate, transportation, and energy). We highlight the role played by geographers in contrail-climate studies and advocate for a broader involvement in aviation policy formulation.
AB - Although geographers are highly visible in research into contemporary climate changes accompanying greenhouse gas increases ("global warming"), a relatively little explored component by them is the impact of aviation. This contrasts with the atmospheric science community of cloud physicists, chemists, and numerical modelers, who use geographic tools of trade. Geographers are well positioned to investigate aviation-climate impacts, especially related to contrail clouds, given geographic traditions of environment, spatial variation, regionalization, generalization, and the integrative approach to studying physical and human systems (here, climate, transportation, and energy). We highlight the role played by geographers in contrail-climate studies and advocate for a broader involvement in aviation policy formulation.
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U2 - 10.1080/00330124.2012.697795
DO - 10.1080/00330124.2012.697795
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879132322
SN - 0033-0124
VL - 65
SP - 421
EP - 432
JO - Professional Geographer
JF - Professional Geographer
IS - 3
ER -
