Persistent contrails and contrail cirrus. Part I: Large-eddy simulations from inception to demise

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4399-4419

  Lewellen, D C ^a   Meza, O ^a,b   Huebsch, W W ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cirrus clouds; Cloud radiative effects; Contrails chemtrails; Large eddy simulations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLOUDS; DYNAMICS; ICE; RADIATION EFFECTS;

AIRCRAFT WAKES; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; CONTRAILS/CHEMTRAILS; CRITICAL DYNAMICS; ICE CRYSTAL SHAPES; NUMERICAL EFFICIENCY; PARAMETER SPACES;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

AIRCRAFT; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONTRAIL; ICE CRYSTAL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84904726529     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0316.1     Document Type: Article

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