Study of contrail microphysics in the vortex phase with a Lagrangian particle tracking model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 10003-10015

  Unterstrasser, S ^a   Solch I ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONTRAIL; ICE CRYSTAL; MODELING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBLIMATION; TRACKING; VORTEX; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77958609778     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-10003-2010     Document Type: Article

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