Growth of ice crystals in a precipitating contrail

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1335-1338

  Heymsfield, Andrew J ^a   Lawson, R Paul ^b   Sachse, G W ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SPEC INC   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; CONDENSATION; ICE; JET AIRCRAFT; REMOTE SENSING; SUPERSATURATION;

ICE CRYSTALS; PRECIPITATION TRAILS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONTRAIL; ICE CRYSTAL; SATURATION;

EID: 0032076777     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00189     Document Type: Article

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