Airborne measurements of the nitric acid partitioning in persistent contrails

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8189-8197

  Schauble D ^a   Voigt, C ^a   Karcher B ^a   Stock, P ^a   Schlager, H ^a   Kramer M ^b   Schiller, C ^b   Bauer, R ^b   Spelten, N ^b   De Reus, M ^a   Szakall M ^a   Borrmann, S ^a,c   Weers, U ^d   Peter, Th ^d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CIRRUS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTRAIL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITIONING; WATER VAPOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70450285069     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-8189-2009     Document Type: Article

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