Table 2 The recalculated aircraft NOx radiative forcing (RF) from Table 1 using a revised simplified expression for the RF of CH4 as presented by Etminan et al.23.
Emissions | RF, mW m−2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Background | Aircraft | sO3 | CH4 | lO3 | SWV | Net NOx | |
2006 IPCC AR5 | Base | REACT4C | 14.8 | −8.4 | −4.2 | −1.3 | 0.9 |
−30% NOx | 17.7 | −11.7 | −5.9 | −1.8 | −1.6 | ||
−30% CO | 14.1 | −8.2 | −4.1 | −1.2 | 0.5 | ||
−30%NMVOC | 13.9 | −8.3 | −4.1 | −1.2 | 0.3 | ||
−30% ALL | 16.2 | −10.5 | −5.2 | −1.6 | −1.1 | ||
2050 | RCP 8.5 | Low NOx High Tech | 45.9 | −28.7 | −14.3 | −4.3 | −1.4 |
RCP 4.5 | 43.7 | −27.8 | −13.9 | −4.2 | −2.3 | ||
RCP 2.6 | 40.6 | −26.0 | −13.0 | −3.9 | −2.4 | ||
RCP 8.5 | High NOx Low Tech | 96.3 | −62.2 | −31.1 | −9.3 | −6.3 | |
RCP 4.5 | 90.7 | −59.9 | −29.9 | −9.0 | −8.1 | ||
RCP 2.6 | 83.9 | −56.0 | −28.0 | −8.4 | −8.5 | ||
