Contrail-Cirrus and Their Potential for Regional Climate Change

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1885-1903

  Sassen, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTRAIL;

USA, UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY;

EID: 0031432845     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<1885:CCATPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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