References & Sources  -  July 18, 1998

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What aircraft leave behind

Jet traffic may be substantially increasing the number of tiny particles in the atmosphere and stimulating cloud growth.

 

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 3, July 18, 1998, p. 47.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

References:

Hofmann, D.J., et al. 1998. An analysis of 25 years of balloonborne aerosol data in search of a signature of the subsonic commercial aircraft fleet. Geophysical Research Letters 25(July 1):2433.

 

Further Readings:

Monastersky, R. 1996. Ten thousand cloud makers. Science News 150(July 6):12.

 

Sources:

David J. Hofmann
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80303

Patrick Minnis
NASA's Langley Research Center
21 Langley Boulevard
Mail Stop 420
Hampton, VA 23681-2199

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