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Appendixes
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Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology
Appendix II: Level of Scientific Understanding of Aviation's
Impact on the Global Atmosphere
Appendix III: Comments From the Environmental
Pro tectio n Agency
Appendix IV: Comments From the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
Appendix V: Comments From the Air Transport Association
of America, Inc.Figure 1: Layers of the Atmosphere
Figure 2: Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Aviation
and Other U.S. Sources
Figure 3: Total Carbon Emissions From Global Aviation
and Selected Industrialized Countries
Figure 4: Radiative Forcing From Aircraft in 1992
Figure 5: Radiative Forcing From Aircraft in 2050Abbreviations
EPA
FAA
GAO
ICAO
IPCC
NASA
NOxEnvironmental Protectio n Agency
Federal Aviation Administration
General Accounting Offic e
International Civil Aviatio n Organizatio n
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A combination of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxideGAO/RCED-00-57 Aviation's Effects on the Global Atmosphere
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United States. General Accounting Office. Aviation and the Environment: Aviation's Effects on the Global Atmosphere Are Potentially Significant and Expected to Grow, report, February 18, 2000; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc294685/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.