Overview on contrail and cirrus cloud avoidance technology

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1721-1726

  Noppel, F ^a,b   Singh, R ^a,b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD AVOIDANCE;

CLOUDS;

EID: 36348993865     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.28655     Document Type: Article

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