Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7369-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7369-2015
Research article
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09 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2015

Large-eddy simulation of contrail evolution in the vortex phase and its interaction with atmospheric turbulence

J. Picot, R. Paoli, O. Thouron, and D. Cariolle

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