The dependence of contrail formation on the weather pattern and altitude in the North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Irvine, E A ^a   Hoskins, B J ^a,b   Shine, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIRCRAFT FLYING; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CONTRAIL FORMATION; GREAT CIRCLE; GREENLAND; HIGH-PRESSURE RIDGES; JET STREAMS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NORTH ATLANTIC; REANALYSIS; TIME-OPTIMAL; WEATHER PATTERNS;

ICE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; JET STREAM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND;

EID: 84862864383     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051909     Document Type: Article

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