Contrails and Cirrus

G. G. Mace, Y. Zhang, S. Platnick, M. D. King, P. Minnis, and P. Yang
Evaluation of Cirrus Cloud Properties Derived from MODIS Data Using Cloud Properties Derived from Ground-Based Observations Collected at the ARM SGP Site
Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 44, No. 2, 221-240, 2005

P. Minnis, J. K. Ayers, R. Palikonda, and D. Phan
Contrails, Cirrus Trends and Climate
Journal of Climate, Vol. 17, No. 8, 1671-1685, 2004

U. Schumann , F. Arnold, R. Busen, J. Curtius, B. Kärcher, A. Kiendler, A. Petzold, H. Schlager, F. Schröder, and K.-H. Wohlfrom
Influence of fuel sulfur on the composition of aircraft exhaust plumes: The experiments SULFUR 1-7
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 107, No. D15, 4247, 2002

D. C. Lewellen and W. S. Lewellen
The Effects of Aircraft Wake Dynamics on Contrail Development
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 390-406, 2001

F. Schröder, B. Kärcher, C. Duroure, J. Ström, A. Petzold, J.-F. Gayet, B. Strauss, P. Wendling, and S. Borrmann
On the Transition of Contrails into Cirrus Clouds
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 464-480, 2000

K. M. Gierens
Numerical Simulations of Persistent Contrails
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 53, No. 22, pp. 3333-3348, 1996

B. Kärcher, T. Peter, U. M. Biermann, and U. Schumann
The Initial Composition of Jet Condensation Trails
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 53, No. 21, pp. 3066-3083, 1996