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Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2059-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2059-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
Research article
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24 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 24 Feb 2016

Properties of young contrails – a parametrisation based on large-eddy simulations

Simon Unterstrasser

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A large comprehensive data set of 3-D large eddy simulation (LES) of young contrails has been analysed. Parametrisations of the most important properties of young contrails, namely the ice crystal number and geometric depth, are provided taking into account the effect of many environmental and aircraft parameters. The parametrisation is suited to be incorporated in larger-scale models like GCMs.
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