Numerical simulations of persistent contrails

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3333-3348

  Gierens, Klaus M ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; TURBULENCE; VORTICES;

CONTRAIL; ICE PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; VORTEX;

EID: 0030390755     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3333:NSOPC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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