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25 Oct 2010
Study of contrail microphysics in the vortex phase with a Lagrangian particle tracking model
S. Unterstrasser
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) – Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
I. Sölch
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) – Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
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- Selected topics on the interaction between cirrus clouds and embedded contrails K. Gierens https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-11943-2012
- Modeling of Cloud Microphysics: Can We Do Better? W. Grabowski et al. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0005.1
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