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Dehydration effects from contrails in a coupled contrail–climate model
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
J. E. Penner
University of Michigan, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Yibin Chen
University of Michigan, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Cheng Zhou
University of Michigan, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
K. Graf
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
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