Regional radiative forcing by line-shaped contrails derived from satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages

  Meyer, R ^a   Mannstein, H ^a   Meerkotter R ^a   Schumann, U ^a   Wendling, P ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air traffic; Contrail coverage; Contrail emissivity; Contrail optical depth; Global warming; NOAA AVHRR

Indexed keywords

CONTRAIL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA;

(WEST); EUROPE;

EID: 0011015654     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000426     Document Type: Article

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