Contrail properties over the eastern North Pacific from AVHRR data

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-523

  Minnis, Patrick ^a   Palikonda, Rabindra ^b   Walter, Bryan J ^b   Ayers, J Kirk ^b   Mannstein, Hermann ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AVHRR; CIRRUS; CONTRAIL; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33645688272     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0056     Document Type: Article

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