The evolution of contrail microphysics in the vortex phase

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-156

  Unterstrasser, Simon ^a   Gierens, Klaus ^a   Spichtinger, Peter ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONTRAIL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPERSATURATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; VORTEX;

EID: 44949117627     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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