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Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2319-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2319-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
Research article
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22 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 22 Feb 2024

Contrail formation on ambient aerosol particles for aircraft with hydrogen combustion: a box model trajectory study

Andreas Bier, Simon Unterstrasser, Josef Zink, Dennis Hillenbrand, Tina Jurkat-Witschas, and Annemarie Lottermoser

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Using hydrogen as aviation fuel affects contrails' climate impact. We study contrail formation behind aircraft with H2 combustion. Due to the absence of soot emissions, contrail ice crystals are assumed to form only on ambient particles mixed into the plume. The ice crystal number, which strongly varies with temperature and aerosol number density, is decreased by more than 80 %–90 % compared to kerosene contrails. However H2 contrails can form at lower altitudes due to higher H2O emissions.
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