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<strong>Aviation</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Atmosphere</strong><br />

Chapter 3 (see also Danilin et al., 1998). The median global mean column burden of sulfate aerosol is derived in this study by adopting an emission index for sulfur EI<br />

(S) of 0.4 g kg-1 <strong>and</strong> a 50% effective conversion factor from fuel-sulfur to optically active sulfate aerosols; it is approximately 13.5 µg SO4 m-2 (Table 3-4). Thus,<br />

global mean radiative forcing from aircraft emissions of sulfate aerosol in 1992 is estimated to be -0.003 W m-2, with a likely range of -0.001 to -0.009 W m-2 (see also<br />

Table 6-1). This value is much smaller in absolute magnitude than <strong>the</strong> RF from CO2 , O3, CH4, or contrails. We assume that EI(S) remains constant through 2050 <strong>and</strong><br />

scale <strong>the</strong> sulfate RF with fuel use.<br />

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