Environmental conditions required for contrail formation and persistence

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D4, 1998, Pages 3929-3936

  Jensen, Eric J ^a   Toon, Owen B ^b   Kinne, Stefan ^c   Sachse, Glen W ^d   Anderson, Bruce E ^d   Chan, K Roland ^a   Twohy, Cynthia H ^e   Gandrud, Bruce ^e   Heymsfield, Andrew ^e   Miake Lye, Richard C ^f  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (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

CLOUD; CONTRAIL; ICE CRYSTAL;

EID: 0032570521     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD02808     Document Type: Article

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