Contrails, cirrus trends, and climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1671-1685

  Minnis, Patrick ^a   Ayers, J Kirk ^b   Palikonda, Rabindra ^b   Phan, Dung ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TROPOSPHERE;

RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIRCRAFT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CIRRUS; CLIMATE FORCING; CLOUD COVER; CONTRAIL; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342589400     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1671:CCTAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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