Cloud model simulation of a contrail case study: surface cooling against upper tropospheric warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2145-2148

  Khvorostyanov, Vitaly ^a   Sassen, Kenneth ^b  

^a CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; RADIOMETERS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIRCRAFT CONDENSATION TRAILS; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WARMING;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

CLOUD MODEL; CONTRAIL;

EID: 0032525763     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01522     Document Type: Article

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