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31 Aug 2009
Factors controlling contrail cirrus optical depth
B. Kärcher
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
U. Burkhardt
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
S. Unterstrasser
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
P. Minnis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
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