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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-2713-2014
© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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14 Mar 2014
Research article |
| 14 Mar 2014
Dimension of aircraft exhaust plumes at cruise conditions: effect of wake vortices
S. Unterstrasser
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) – Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
R. Paoli
Centre Europeen de Recherche et Formation Avancee en Calcul Scientifique, CNRS/CERFACS URA1875, Toulouse, France
I. Sölch
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) – Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
C. Kühnlein
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
T. Gerz
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) – Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
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- Ultrafine particle size as a tracer for aircraft turbine emissions E. Riley et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.05.016
- Detection of embedded contrails in airborne lidar measurements M. Soleimanpour et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-3291-2026
- Far field wake vortex evolution of two aircraft formation flight and implications on young contrails S. Unterstrasser & A. Stephan https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2020.3
- Mitigating the Climate Impact from Aviation: Achievements and Results of the DLR WeCare Project V. Grewe et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace4030034
- Effects of atmospheric stratification and jet position on the properties of early aircraft contrails P. Saulgeot et al. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.114702
- Simulation of wake vortex transport of ultrafine particle emissions from the glide path to the ground F. Holzäpfel https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2026.100446
- Large-eddy simulation study of contrail microphysics and geometry during the vortex phase and consequences on contrail-to-cirrus transition S. Unterstrasser https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD021418
- Properties of young contrails – a parametrisation based on large-eddy simulations S. Unterstrasser https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2059-2016
- Large-eddy simulation of contrail evolution in the vortex phase and its interaction with atmospheric turbulence J. Picot et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7369-2015
- Contrail aging of a supersonic aircraft using a RANS/LES approach M. Muller et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2026.112068
- Contrail Modeling and Simulation R. Paoli & K. Shariff https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-010814-013619
- Aircraft Emissions, Their Plume-Scale Effects, and the Spatio-Temporal Sensitivity of the Atmospheric Response: A Review K. Tait et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9070355
- Assessment of the applicability of a model for aviation-related ultrafine particle concentrations for use in epidemiological studies M. Voogt et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119884
- Influence of a large commercial airport on the ultrafine particle number concentration in a distant residential area under different wind conditions and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic J. Dröge et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123390
- A double-box model for aircraft exhaust plumes based on the MADE3 aerosol microphysics (MADE3 v4.0) M. Sharma et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-8485-2025
- Overview of the aero-engine contrail formation <?A3B2 pi6?>process and prediction method X. GAO & K. YANG https://doi.org/10.3724/j.GTER.20250055
- Eulerian–Lagrangian CFD-microphysics modeling of a near-field contrail from a realistic turbofan S. Cantin et al. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468087421993961
- Contrail lobes or mamma? The importance of correct terminology D. Schultz & Y. Hancock https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2765
- High-resolution modeling of early contrail evolution from hydrogen-powered aircraft A. Lottermoser & S. Unterstrasser https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-7903-2025
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