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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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On the Life Cycle of Individual Contrails and Contrail Cirrus [PDF]
Meteorological Monographs, 2017 Abstract The life cycle of individual (initially line shaped) contrails behind aircraft and of contrail cirrus (aged contrails mixed with other ice clouds) is described. The full contrail life cycle is covered, from ice formation for given water, heat, and particulate emissions; to changes in the jet, wake, and dispersion phases; through
Ulrich Schumann, Andrew J Heymsfield
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On the Lifetimes of Persistent Contrails and Contrail Cirrus [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 20, 28 October 2025.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.
B. Kärcher, M. Corcos
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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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Understanding the role of contrails and contrail cirrus in climate change: a global perspective [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsGlobally, emissions from aviation affect Earth's climate via complex processes. Contrail cirrus and carbon dioxide emissions are the largest factors contributing to aviation's radiative forcing on climate.
D. K. Singh, S. Sanyal, D. J. Wuebbles
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Contrail Formation Within Cirrus: Contrail Induced Perturbations and Cirrus Adjustments
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 8, 28 April 2026.Contrail formation constitutes a large fraction of the aviation climate impact. But only part of the effect has been studied in detail, as research focused on contrail formation in cloud‐free air.
P. Verma, Ulrike Burkhardt
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Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 2017 The interaction of contrail-cirrus and natural cirrus formed by homogeneous nucleation is studied over up to ten hours by means of a LES model equipped with a Lagrangian ice microphysics module.
Simon Unterstrasser +3 more
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Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 2017 The evolution of contrail-cirrus and natural cirrus formed by homogeneous nucleation is studied over up to ten hours by means of a Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) model equipped with a Lagrangian ice microphysics module.
Simon Unterstrasser +3 more
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Estimating the Effective Radiative Forcing of Contrail Cirrus [PDF]
Journal of Climate, 2020 Evidence from previous climate model simulations has suggested a potentially low efficacy of contrails to force global mean surface temperature changes.
Marius Bickel +2 more
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Simulated radiative forcing from contrails and contrail cirrus [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2013 A comprehensive general circulation model including ice supersaturation is used to estimate the climate impact of aviation induced contrails. The model uses a realistic aviation emissions inventory for 2006 to initiate contrails, and allows them to ...
C.-C. Chen, A. Gettelman
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