The impact of diurnal variations of air traffic on contrail radiative forcing

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3153-3162

  Stuber, N ^a   Forster, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRCRAFT; CONTRAIL; DIURNAL VARIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34250711898     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-3153-2007     Document Type: Article

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