Properties of young contrails - A parametrisation based on large-eddy simulations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2059-2082

  Unterstrasser, Simon ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONTRAIL; ICE CRYSTAL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84959327489     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-2059-2016     Document Type: Article

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