Aviation effects on already-existing cirrus clouds
The extent to which air traffic affects the optical thickness of existing cirrus clouds in the upper atmosphere remains unknown. Here, the authors compare cirrus cloud properties inside and outside of real flight tracks and show that optical thickness is significantly increased within the flight pat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12016 |