Extinction and optical depth of contrails

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Voigt, C ^a,b   Schumann, U ^a   Jessberger, P ^a   Jurkat, T ^a   Petzold, A ^a   Gayet, J F ^c   Krmer, M ^d   Thornberry, T ^e   Fahey, D W ^e  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

AIRBUS A380; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLOUD MODIFICATION; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; ICE WATER CONTENT; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; OBSERVATION CONDITION; ONE-FACTOR; OPTICAL DEPTH; PASSENGER AIRCRAFTS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; THIN CIRRUS;

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

AIRCRAFT; CIRRUS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONTRAIL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 79958816400     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047189     Document Type: Article

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