Contrail coverage derived from 2001 AVHRR data over the continental United States of America and surrounding areas

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 525-536

  Palikonda, Rabindra ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^b   Duda, David P ^c   Mannstein, Hermann ^d  

^a Analytical Materials and Sciences Inc   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; RADIOMETERS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AVHRR; CONTRAIL; NOAA SATELLITE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24144489537     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0051     Document Type: Article

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