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On the Lifetimes of Persistent Contrails and Contrail Cirrus
Journal of Geophysical Research: AtmospheresAbstract Prediction of contrail cirrus persistence is highly problematic for models, in part due to a poor representation of intertwined microphysical and dynamical processes controlling contrail evolution in large‐scale ice‐supersaturated areas.
Bernd Kärcher, Milena Corcos
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2010 This article reviews the current state of understanding of the science of contrails: 1) how they are formed, 2) their microphysical properties as they evolve into contrail cirrus and whether their microphysical properties can be distinguished from natural cirrus, and 3) the ice-nucleating properties of soot aerosols and whether these aerosols can ...
Heymsfield, A +5 more
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Statistical analysis of contrail to cirrus evolution during the Contrail and Cirrus Experiment (CONCERT) [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018 Air traffic affects cloudiness, and thus climate, by emitting exhaust gases and particles. The study of the evolution of contrail properties is very challenging due to the complex interplay of vortex dynamics and the atmospheric environment (e.g ...
A. Chauvigné +16 more
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Aerospace, 2022 Ambient weather conditions strongly impact contrail formation and persistence. The implementation of contrail avoidance and mitigation strategies, therefore, requires regional and altitude-dependent information on the frequency of contrail occurrence. To
Rebecca Dischl +2 more
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A contrail cirrus prediction model [PDF]
Geoscientific Model Development, 2012 A new model to simulate and predict the properties of a large ensemble of contrails as a function of given air traffic and meteorology is described.
U. Schumann
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Simulations of Contrail Optical Properties and Radiative Forcing for Various Crystal Shapes [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of radiative-forcing computations to various contrail crystal shape models. Contrail optical properties in the shortwave and longwave ranges are derived using a ray-tracing geometric method and ...
Markowicz, Krzysztof M. +1 more
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Contrail microphysics in the near wake of a realistic wing through RANS simulations [PDF]
, 2012 This paper focuses on Steady Reynolds Average Navier Stokes simulations (RANS) of ice particles growth in the near field of a wing-injector configuration.
Guignery, Florent +3 more
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Modelling contrail cirrus using a double-moment cloud microphysics scheme in the UK Met Office Unified Model [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsContrail cirrus is the largest contributor to aviation effective radiative forcing (ERF), but remains highly uncertain (∼ 70 %). Recent research has highlighted the critical role of cloud microphysical schemes in contrail cirrus climate modelling.
W. Zhang +8 more
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The evolution of microphysical and optical properties of an A380 contrail in the vortex phase [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2012 A contrail from a large-body A380 aircraft at cruise in the humid upper troposphere has been probed with in-situ instruments onboard the DLR research aircraft Falcon.
J.-F. Gayet +10 more
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Observations of microphysical properties and radiative effects of a contrail cirrus outbreak over the North Atlantic [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023 Contrail cirrus constitute the largest radiative forcing (RF) component to the total aviation effect on climate. However, the microphysical properties and radiative effects of contrail cirrus and natural cirrus clouds in the same meteorological ...
Z. Wang +14 more
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