Sensitivity study on contrail evolution

Collection of Technical Papers - 36th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2346-2359

  Huebsch, W W ^a,b,c   Lewellent, D C ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUID DYNAMICS; SUPERSATURATION;

AIRCRAFT PARAMETERS; CONTRAIL GROWTH; PLUME DISPERSION; WAKE PLUME;

WAKES;

EID: 33845277344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3749     Document Type: Conference Paper

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