The importance of contrail ice formation formitigating the climate impact of aviation

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3497-3505

  Karcher B ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CIRRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CONTRAIL; EMISSION CONTROL; EXHAUST EMISSION; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOOT; SUPERSATURATION;

EID: 84962871220     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024696     Document Type: Article

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