Contrail formation and impacts on aerosol properties in aircraft plumes: Effects of fuel sulfur content

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-316

  Yu, Fangqun ^a   Turco, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FUELS; SULFUR; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT FUELS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUE GASES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOOT; THERMAL PLUMES;

AEROSOL PROPERTIES; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; CONTRAIL FORMATION; ELECTROSTATIC EFFECT; FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; HIGH SULFUR CONTENTS; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; WATER-SOLUBLE PARTICLES;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; METEOROLOGY;

AIRCRAFT PLUMES; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CCN); CONTRAIL FORMATION; ICE NUCLEI (IN);

AEROSOL PROPERTIES; CONTRAIL;

EID: 0032004552     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03695     Document Type: Article

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