Ice crystal nucleation and growth in contrails forming at low ambient temperatures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1371-1374

  Jensen, E J ^a   Toon, O B ^b   Pueschel, R F ^a   Goodman, J ^c   Sachse, G W ^d   Anderson, B E ^d   Chan, K R ^a   Baumgardner, D ^e   Miake Lye, R C ^f  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; EXHAUST GASES; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; SIZE DETERMINATION; SUBLIMATION; SUPERSATURATION; THERMAL PLUMES;

ICE CRYSTALS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 0032074181     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03592     Document Type: Article

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