Evolution of aircraft-generated volatile particles in the far wake regime: Potential contributions to ambient CCN/IN

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1703-1706

  Yu, Fangqun ^a   Turco, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLOUDS; TROPOSPHERE; WAKES;

AIRCRAFT GENERATED VOLATILE PARTICLES; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; ICE NUCLEI;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; CONTRAIL; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

EID: 0033563585     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900324     Document Type: Article

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