A new formulation for the critical temperature for contrail formation

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2270-2282

  Coleman, Rich F ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; EMISSIONS; VAPOURS;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTRAIL FORMATION; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; MIXING RATIO; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030405189     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<2270:ANFFTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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