In-situ observations of young contrails - Overview and selected results from the CONCERT campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 9039-9056

  Voigt, C ^a,b   Schumann, U ^a   Jurkat, T ^a   Schauble D ^a,b   Schlager, H ^a   Petzold, A ^a   Gayet, J F ^c   Kramer M ^d   Schneider, J ^e   Borrmann, S ^b,e   Schmale, J ^e   Jessberger, P ^a   Hamburger, T ^a   Lichtenstern, M ^a   Scheibe, M ^a   Gourbeyre, C ^c   Meyer, J ^d   Kubbeler M ^d   Frey, W ^b   Kalesse, H ^b   Butler, T ^e   Lawrence, M G ^e   Holzapfel F ^a   Arnold, F ^a,f   Wendisch, M ^g   Dopelheuer A ^h   Gottschaldt, K ^a   Baumann, R ^a   Zoger M ^a   Solch I ^a   Rautenhaus, M ^a   Dornbrack A ^a   more..

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h Institut für Antriebstechnik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CIRRUS; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE GAS;

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EID: 77957703519     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-9039-2010     Document Type: Article

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