CONCORDE AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM AT DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. VOLUME I

On February 4, 1976, the Secretary of Transportation ordered the FAA to monitor Concorde emissions at Dulles International Airport during its initial 16 month trial period. To comply with this order, it was necessary to measure the ambient pollution levels (background) in and around Dulles Airport and to trace the dispersion of emissions from a single Concorde aircraft. While the more conventional background measurements could be easily performed, there was no known case where the vertical and horizontal profile of the emission plume from a single aircraft had been identified. Special instruments were required to measure the discrete, non-steady nature of the dispersion of the aircraft plume. The final measurement system, which consisted of continuously recording electro-chemical sensors coupled with high-speed chart recorders, successfully detected CO emissions from a single aircraft.

• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Research & Technology, Incorporated

  696 Virginia Road
  Concord, MA  United States  01742
• Authors:
  • SMITH, D G
  • Yamartino, R J
  • Benkley, C
  • Isaacs, R
  • Lee, Jong Jae
• Publication Date: 1977-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 168 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality; Aircraft exhaust gases; Carbon monoxide; Data collection; Electrochemistry; Environmental protection; Exhaust gases; Gas detectors; International airports; Landing; Monitoring; Noise; Statistical analysis; Supersonic aircraft; Takeoff; Wind
• Identifier Terms: Concorde (Supersonic transport); Washington Dulles International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wind direction
• Geographic Terms: Virginia
• Old TRIS Terms: Aircraft landing
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Environment; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00185500
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ERT-P-2495-VOL-1 Final Rpt., FAA-AEQ-77-14-VOL-1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA76WA-3816
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 1979 12:00AM