Aircraft sulfur emissions and the formation of visible contrails

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-388

  Brown, R C ^a   Miake Lye, R C ^a   Anderson, M R ^a   Kolb, C E ^a  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID; THERMAL PLUMES; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ENGINES; FUELS; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIRCRAFT CONTRAIL FORMATION; AIRCRAFT SULFUR EMISSIONS;

SOOT; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ACTIVATING AGENTS; AEROSOL DYNAMICS; AVAILABLE WATER; AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; CONTRAIL FORMATION; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; HIGH SULFUR FUELS; SULFUR EMISSIONS;

EID: 0031074791     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00107     Document Type: Article

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