Contrails developed under frontal influences of the North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Laken, B A ^a,b   Palle E ^a,b   Kniveton, D R ^c   Williams, C J R ^d   Kilham, D A ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e Basingstoke   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT PATHS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BRITISH ISLES; CLOUD STRUCTURE; CONTRAIL FORMATION; HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; JET STREAMS; LONG WAVES; MIXING ZONES; NORTH ATLANTIC; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; STRIKING PATTERNS; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

MIXING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRONTAL FEATURE; MIXING; OCEANIC FRONT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861923069     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017019     Document Type: Article

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