Formation and spread of aircraft-induced holes in clouds

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6038, 2011, Pages 77-81

  Heymsfield, Andrew J ^a   Thompson, Gregory ^a   Morrison, Hugh ^a   Bansemer, Aaron ^a   Rasmussen, Roy M ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^b   Wang, Zhien ^c   Zhang, Damao ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

AIRCRAFT; CANAL; CLOUD DROPLET; COOLING; FREEZING; GLOBAL CHANGE; JET; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

AIRCRAFT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CLOUD; FREEZING; MOTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 79959854923     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1202851     Document Type: Article

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16. The authors wish to thank contributors to the data used in this study: N. Mirsky, N. Downs, E. Zrubek, M. Carmody, B. Skamarock, J. Tuttle, P. Kennedy, C. Velden, D. Spangenberg, and J. Robaidek. Editing by M. Miller and graphics with particular help from A. Norton, co-developer of VAPOR software, are greatly appreciated. This research was supported by the National Center for Atmospheric Research through NSF, through NASA from grants NNX07AQ85G and NNX10AN18G, and through the FAA Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative.