Numerical simulations of contrail-to-cirrus transition-Part 2: Impact of initial ice crystal number, radiation, stratification, secondary nucleation and layer depth

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2037-2051

  Unterstrasser, S ^a   Gierens, K ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CIRRUS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAIL; EMISSION; FREEZING; ICE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; RADIANCE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOOT; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 77249124951     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-2037-2010     Document Type: Article

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