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Mannstein, Hermann and Schumann, Ulrich (2005) Aircraft induced contrail cirrus over Europe. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 14, pp. 549-554. Borntraeger Science Publishers. DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0058
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Abstract
Condensation trails (contrails) and aircraft induced cirrus are nowadays a common feature at the mid latitude skies. Previously the impact of aircraft induced cirrus changes has been roughly estimated from observed decadal trends in cirrus cover but the direct attribution of observed cirrus changes to changes in aviation activity remains uncertain. In this paper the amount of additional cirrus induced from spreading contrails in humid air is estimated from the direct correlation between observed cirrus cover derived with suitable methods from METEOSAT data and aviation flight density reported by EUROCONTROL at high spatial and temporal resolution from June 22 to July 27, 1998 and September 27 to October 21, 2000. The results indicate that the aircraft induced cirrus cover over Europe is about ten times larger than that of linear contrails in the same region. Radiative forcing from the additional cirrus may be more than 10 times higher than that of linear contrails and aviation induced CO2 increases
| Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/19424/ | |||||||||
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| Document Type: | Article | |||||||||
| Title: | Aircraft induced contrail cirrus over Europe | |||||||||
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| Date: | August 2005 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Meteorologische Zeitschrift | |||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | |||||||||
| Open Access: | Yes | |||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | Yes | |||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | Yes | |||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | |||||||||
| Volume: | 14 | |||||||||
| DOI : | 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0058 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 549-554 | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Borntraeger Science Publishers | |||||||||
| Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Air Traffic, climate, cirrus, contrail | |||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | |||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Space (old) | |||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | |||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Space | |||||||||
| DLR - Program: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | |||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - Vorhaben Atmosphären- und Klimaforschung (old) | |||||||||
| Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | |||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Atmospheric Physics Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Atmospheric Remote Sensing | |||||||||
| Deposited By: | Mannstein, Dr.rer.nat. Hermann | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 30 Jan 2008 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2018 18:46 |
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