Optical properties of contrail-induced cirrus: Discussion of unusual halo phenomena

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 4195-4201

  Sussmann, Ralf ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Climatic impact; Contrail; Crystal growth; Halo phenomena; Ice crystals; Optical properties; Relative humidity; Remote sensing; Scattering phase function

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CONTRAIL; HALO; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031396078     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004195     Document Type: Article

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