The evolution of microphysical and optical properties of an A380 contrail in the vortex phase

A contrail from a large-body A380 aircraft at cruise in the humid upper troposphere has been probed with in-situ instruments onboard the DLR research aircraft Falcon. The contrail was sampled during 700 s measurement time at contrail ages of about 1–4 min. The contrail was in the vortex regime durin...

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Main Authors: J.-F. Gayet, V. Shcherbakov, C. Voigt, U. Schumann, D. Schäuble, P. Jessberger, A. Petzold, A. Minikin, H. Schlager, O. Dubovik, T. Lapyonok
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-07-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/12/6629/2012/acp-12-6629-2012.pdf