A diagnostic study of the global distribution of contrails Part I: Present day climate

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 127-141

  Sausen, R ^a   Gierens, K ^a   Ponater, M ^a   Schumann, U ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CONTRAIL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032429101     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050058     Document Type: Article

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