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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-999-1080-7
© European Geosciences Union 1999
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-999-1080-7
© European Geosciences Union 1999
31 Aug 1999
31 Aug 1999
Radiative forcing by contrails
R. Meerkötter
DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Wessling, Germany
E-mail: ulrich.schumann@dlr.de
U. Schumann
E-mail: ulrich.schumann@dlr.de
DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Wessling, Germany
D. R. Doelling
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
E-mail: ulrich.schumann@dlr.de
P. Minnis
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
E-mail: ulrich.schumann@dlr.de
T. Nakajima
Center for Climate System Research, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
E-mail: ulrich.schumann@dlr.de
Y. Tsushima
Center for Climate System Research, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
E-mail: ulrich.schumann@dlr.de
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