Dimension of aircraft exhaust plumes at cruise conditions: effect of wake vortices

The dispersion of aircraft emissions during the vortex phase is studied using a 3-D LES model with Lagrangian particle tracking. The simulations start with a fully rolled-up vortex pair of a type B747/A340 airplane and the tracer centred around the vortex cores. The tracer dilution and plume extent...

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Main Authors: S. Unterstrasser, R. Paoli, I. Sölch, C. Kühnlein, T. Gerz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-03-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/2713/2014/acp-14-2713-2014.pdf