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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5313-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5313-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Northern Hemisphere contrail properties derived from Terra and Aqua MODIS data for 2006 and 2012
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA 23666-5986, USA
Sarah T. Bedka
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA 23666-5986, USA
Patrick Minnis
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA 23666-5986, USA
Douglas Spangenberg
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA 23666-5986, USA
Konstantin Khlopenkov
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA 23666-5986, USA
Thad Chee
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA 23666-5986, USA
William L. Smith Jr.
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199, USA
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Short summary
We use one year (2012) of satellite imagery obtained from two NASA research satellites, Terra and Aqua, to detect linear contrail coverage and to estimate their physical properties over the Northern Hemisphere. The satellite-derived properties are compared with results collected from the same sensors in 2006 to estimate whether the impact of contrail coverage on climate has changed. The study is the first of its kind to measure contrail properties over a near-global scale from satellite imagery.
We use one year (2012) of satellite imagery obtained from two NASA research satellites, Terra...
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