Properties of individual contrails: a compilation of observations and some comparisons

Schumann, Ulrich; Baumann, Robert; Baumgardner, Darrel; Bedka, Sarah T.; Duda, David P.; Freudenthaler, Volker; Gayet, Jean-Francois; Heymsfield, Andrew J.; Minnis, Patrick; Quante, Markus; Raschke, Ehrhard; Schlager, Hans; Vázquez-Navarro, Margarita; Voigt, Christiane; Wang, Zhien

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-403-2017

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10 Jan 2017

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| 10 Jan 2017

Properties of individual contrails: a compilation of observations and some comparisons

Ulrich Schumann, Robert Baumann, Darrel Baumgardner, Sarah T. Bedka, David P. Duda, Volker Freudenthaler, Jean-Francois Gayet, Andrew J. Heymsfield, Patrick Minnis, Markus Quante, Ehrhard Raschke, Hans Schlager, Margarita Vázquez-Navarro, Christiane Voigt, and Zhien Wang

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The initially linear clouds often seen behind aircraft are known as contrails. Contrails are prototype cirrus clouds forming under well-known conditions, but with less certain life cycle and climate effects. This paper collects contrail data from a large set of measurements and compares them among each other and with models. The observations show consistent contrail properties over a wide range of aircraft and atmosphere conditions. The dataset is available for further research.