Calculations of aircraft contrail formation critical temperatures

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1725-1728

  Schrader, Mark L ^a,b  

^a Scott AFB   (United States)

^b 20Th Air Support Operations Squadron ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT TRAIL; CONTRAIL;

EID: 0031402037     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1725:coacfc>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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