Aircraft induced contrail cirrus over Europe

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 549-554

  Mannstein, Hermann ^a   Schumann, Ulrich ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; METEOROLOGY;

AIRCRAFT; CIRRUS; CONTRAIL; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 22444438978     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0058     Document Type: Article

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