Contrail microphysics

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-472

  Heymsfield, Andrew ^a   Baumgardner, Darrel ^b   DeMott, Paul ^c   Forster, Piers ^d   Gierens, Klaus ^e   Kärcher, Bernd ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS; CONTRAIL FORMATION; EARTH'S CLIMATE; ICE CRYSTAL SHAPES; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE PARTICLES; ICE WATER CONTENT; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MICROPHYSICS; OPTICAL SPECTROMETERS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VISIBLE HUMAN;

CLOUDS; EARTH (PLANET); WATER CONTENT;

ICE;

EID: 77952686065     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2839.1     Document Type: Article

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