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. 2020 Sep 3;244:117834. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117834

Table F.1b.

Emission metrics and corresponding CO2-equivalent emissions for the ERF components of 2018 aviation emissions and cloudiness using CO2 IRF without C-cycle feedbacks, and climate IRF from Gasser et al. (2017).

Metrics
ERF term GWP20 GWP50 GWP100 GTP20 GTP50 GTP100
CO2 1 1 1 1 1 1

Contrail cirrus (Tg CO2 basis) 2.39 1.15 0.68 0.3 0.19 0.15
Contrail cirrus (km basis)
40
19
11
4
3.3
2.6
Net NOx
637
216
122
−420
−18
22
Aerosol-radiation
 Soot emissions 4409 2125 1252 466 360 284
 SO2 emissions
−856
−412
−243
−90
−70
−55
Water vapor emissions 0.22 0.11 0.06 0.03 0.018 0.014