A contrail cirrus prediction tool

DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. - Forschungsberichte

Volumn , Issue 10, 2010, Pages 69-74

  Schumann, U ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrail cirrus; Contrails; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFICS; AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLOUD FORCING; CONTRAIL CIRRUS; CONTRAILS; CRITICAL INPUTS; GAUSSIAN PLUME MODELS; ICE PARTICLES; ICE PROPERTIES; ICE WATER CONTENT; IN-SITU; LAGRANGIAN; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PREDICTION TOOLS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SIMULATION; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL WIND; WEATHER PREDICTION;

AGGLOMERATION; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; FORECASTING; OPTICAL RADAR; WATER CONTENT;

ICE;

EID: 77956609083     PISSN: 14348454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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