Simulation of Persistent Aircraft Contrails for Assessment of Climate Impact
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The development of persistent contrails was modeled to determine the sensitivity of their climaterelevant properties to various parameters. Optical depth and area coverage varied most strongly with vertical shear. For a 4-engine aircraft and 130% ambient relative humidity with respect to ice, a moderate shear of 0.005 s−1 reduced the peak depth by 79% and increased the coverage by 450% after twenty minutes compared to a zero shear case. Depth was also sensitive to aircraft type and humidity, but variations in coverage were small. In these cases, larger aircraft and higher humidity resulted in larger depths.
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