Laboratory and modeling studies on the effects of water and soot emissions and ambient conditions on the properties of contrail ice particles in the jet regime

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10049-10060

  Wong, H W ^a   Beyersdorf, A J ^b   Heath, C M ^c   Ziemba, L D ^b   Winstead, E L ^b   Thornhill, K L ^b   Tacina, K M ^c   Ross, R C ^c   Albo, S E ^a   Bulzan, D L ^c   Anderson, B E ^b   Miake Lye, R C ^a  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONDENSATION; CONTRAIL; EMISSION; FREEZING; JET; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOOT; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84885648471     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10049-2013     Document Type: Article

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