Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998georl..25.1157m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 25, Issue 8, p. 1157-1160
Physics
44
Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Cloud Physics And Chemistry, Global Change: Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Transmission And Scattering Of Radiation, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Pollution-Urban And Regional
Scientific paper
Three contrail systems were analyzed with geostationary satellite data to document the conversion of the contrails to cirrus clouds. Two unique contrails, a pair of figure eights and a NASA DC-8 oval, were tracked for more than 7 hours. A cluster of contrails from commercial aircraft lasted over 17 hours. The figure eights produced a cirrus cloud having a maximum extent of 12,000km2; the commercial cluster reached an area of ~35,000km2. The contrail-cirrus were thin with optical depths between 0.2 and 0.5. In all cases, cloud particle size increased as the contrails developed into cirrus clouds. The climatic impact of contrails will be greater than would be estimated if only linear contrails, those typically observed in satellite imagery, are considered. Additional research is required to obtain reliable statistics on contrail growth and lifetime.
Garber Donald P.
Minnis Patrick
Nguyen Louis
Palikonda Rabindra
Smith William L.
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