High Depolarization Ratios of Naturally Occurring Cirrus Clouds Near Air Traffic Regions Over Europe

Abstract Cirrus clouds have a large influence on the Earth's climate and anthropogenic activities such as aviation can alter their properties. Besides the formation of contrails, indirect effects on naturally occurring cirrus like increased heterogeneous freezing due to exhaust soot particles a...

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Main Authors: Benedikt Urbanek, Silke Groß, Martin Wirth, Christian Rolf, Martina Krämer, Christiane Voigt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-12-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079345
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