Relating observations of contrail persistence to numerical weather analysis output

The potential for using high-resolution meteorological data from two operational numerical weather analyses (NWA) to diagnose and predict persistent contrail formation is evaluated using two independent contrail observation databases. Contrail occurrence statistics derived from surface and satellite...

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Main Authors: D. P. Duda, R. Palikonda, P. Minnis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-02-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/1357/2009/acp-9-1357-2009.pdf