US Jet contrail frequency changes: Influences of jet aircraft flight activity and atmospheric conditions

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 621-632

  Travis, David J ^a   Carleton, Andrew M ^b   Johnson, Jeffrey S ^c   DeGrand, James Q ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Contrail; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; JET AIRCRAFT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CONTRAIL FREQUENCY CHANGES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIRCRAFT; CONTRAIL; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 34247853212     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1418     Document Type: Article

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