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Minnis, P. and Schumann, U. and Doelling, D.R. and Gierens, K. and Fahey, D.W. (1999) Global Distribution of Contrail Radiative Forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 26, pp. 1853-1856.
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Abstract
The global distribution of radiative forcing by persistent linear contrails has been estimated for 1992 and 2050 using global contrail cover computed for aircraft fuel consumption scenarios for the two periods, a detailed prescription of the radiative properties of the Earth’s surface and the cloudy atmosphere, and flux computations with an established radiative transfer model. The computed global mean radiative forcing by line-shaped contrails is ∼0.02 Wm<sup>-2</sup> in 1992 and ∼0.1 Wm<sup>-2</sup> in 2050. At northern mid-latitudes, the zonal mean forcing is five times larger than the global mean. Diffuse contrails and indirect effects of aircraft emissions on natural cirrus are not included in this study. Thus, the results are considered a minimum estimate of contrail effects.
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| Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Global Distribution of Contrail Radiative Forcing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date: | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Geophysical Research Letters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Volume: | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1853-1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keywords: | contrails, climate, radiation, global distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | L VU - Air Traffic and Environment (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Program: | L VU - Air Traffic and Environment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Wake Vortices (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Atmospheric Physics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Löb, Ute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 16 Sep 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2019 19:14 |
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