Abstract
The impact of contrail induced cirrus clouds on regional climate is estimated for atmospheric conditions of Southern Germany that are typical for the months of July and October. This is done by the use of a regionalized one-dimensional radiative convective model (RCM). The influence of an increased ice cloud cover is studied by comparing RCM results using averaged climatological values of cloudiness with those of a case with modified cloudiness. It turns out that a 10% increase in ice cloud cover leads to a surface temperature increase of 1.4 K and 1.2 K for the months of July and October, respectively. (author) 14 refs.
Strauss, B;
Meerkoetter, R;
Wissinger, B;
Wendling, P
[1]
- Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany). Inst. fuer Physik der Atmosphaere
Citation Formats
Strauss, B, Meerkoetter, R, Wissinger, B, and Wendling, P.
On the climatic impact of contrails.
France: N. p.,
1997.
Web.
Strauss, B, Meerkoetter, R, Wissinger, B, & Wendling, P.
On the climatic impact of contrails.
France.
Strauss, B, Meerkoetter, R, Wissinger, B, and Wendling, P.
1997.
"On the climatic impact of contrails."
France.
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title = {On the climatic impact of contrails}
author = {Strauss, B, Meerkoetter, R, Wissinger, B, and Wendling, P}
abstractNote = {The impact of contrail induced cirrus clouds on regional climate is estimated for atmospheric conditions of Southern Germany that are typical for the months of July and October. This is done by the use of a regionalized one-dimensional radiative convective model (RCM). The influence of an increased ice cloud cover is studied by comparing RCM results using averaged climatological values of cloudiness with those of a case with modified cloudiness. It turns out that a 10% increase in ice cloud cover leads to a surface temperature increase of 1.4 K and 1.2 K for the months of July and October, respectively. (author) 14 refs.}
place = {France}
year = {1997}
month = {Dec}
}
title = {On the climatic impact of contrails}
author = {Strauss, B, Meerkoetter, R, Wissinger, B, and Wendling, P}
abstractNote = {The impact of contrail induced cirrus clouds on regional climate is estimated for atmospheric conditions of Southern Germany that are typical for the months of July and October. This is done by the use of a regionalized one-dimensional radiative convective model (RCM). The influence of an increased ice cloud cover is studied by comparing RCM results using averaged climatological values of cloudiness with those of a case with modified cloudiness. It turns out that a 10% increase in ice cloud cover leads to a surface temperature increase of 1.4 K and 1.2 K for the months of July and October, respectively. (author) 14 refs.}
place = {France}
year = {1997}
month = {Dec}
}