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Contrail properties over the eastern North Pacific from AVHRR data
Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 2005 An increase of air traffic over the North Pacific during the last 30 years has been accompanied by an increase in cirrus coverage. To help alleviate the uncertainty in the contribution of air traffic to the cirrus increase, an analysis of linear contrail
Patrick Minnis +4 more
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Observing long-lived longwave contrail forcing [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement TechniquesContrail microphysical simulations and climate simulations have indicated that contrail cirrus cause a substantial fraction of aviation's climate impact.
A. Sonabend-W +5 more
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Key Gaps in Models' Physical Representation of Climate Intervention and Its Impacts
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2025.Abstract Solar radiation modification (SRM) is increasingly discussed as a potential method to ameliorate some negative effects of climate change. However, unquantified uncertainties in physical and environmental impacts of SRM impede informed debate and decision making.
Sebastian D. Eastham +21 more
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The dependence of contrail formation on the weather pattern and altitude in the North Atlantic [PDF]
, 2012 Aircraft flying through cold ice-supersaturated air produce persistent contrails which contribute to the climate impact of aviation. Here, we demonstrate the importance of the weather situation, together with the route and altitude of the aircraft ...
B. J. Hoskins +26 more
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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 51, Issue 7, 16 April 2024.Abstract Estimation of the perturbation to the Earth's energy budget by contrail outbreaks is required for estimating the climate impact of aviation and verifying the climate benefits of proposed contrail avoidance strategies such as aircraft rerouting.
Xinyue Wang +3 more
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, 2004 This PDF document discusses a field activity for K-12 students. The purpose of the activity is to observe type and cover of clouds including contrails.
GLOBE Program of the United States of America
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Climate change creativity for cirrus clouds and contrails control [PDF]
, 2015 Cirrus ice clouds formed normally in the upper troposphere and contrails, shed by aircraft, impact climate and global warming due to prevailing cirrus clouds ice water content and crystal size.
Djojodihardjo, Harijono
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The Use of Meteorlogical Data to Improve Contrail Detection in Thermal Imagery over Ireland. [PDF]
, 2009 Aircraft induced contrails have been found to have a net warming influence on the climate system, with strong regional dependence. Persistent linear contrails are detectable in 1 Km thermal imagery and, using an automated Contrail Detection Algorithm ...
Cawkwell, Fiona +3 more
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A simple framework for assessing the trade-off between the climate impact of aviation carbon dioxide emissions and contrails for a single flight [PDF]
, 2014 Persistent contrails are an important climate impact of aviation which could potentially be reduced by re-routing aircraft to avoid contrailing; however this generally increases both the flight length and its corresponding CO emissions.
Hoskins, B.J., Irvine, E.A., Shine, K.P.
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A manually labeled contrail dataset from MSG/SEVIRI [PDF]
Earth System Science DataContrails – thin ice clouds formed by aircraft – are a major contributor to aviation-induced climate forcing, yet their observational characterization remains limited.
V. Santos Gabriel +18 more
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