Near-field measurements on contrail properties from fuels with different sulfur content

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 29867-29880

  Petzold, A ^a   Busen, R ^a   Schroder F P ^a   Baumann, R ^a   Kuhn, M ^a   Strom J ^b   Hagen, D E ^c   Whitefield, P D ^c   Baumgardner, D ^d   Arnold, F ^e   Borrmann, S ^f   Schumann, U ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRCRAFT FUEL; CONTRAIL; SULPHUR;

EID: 0031402913     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd02209     Document Type: Article

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