Clouds, contrails and climate

被引：48

作者：

Seinfeld, JH

机构：

[1] CALTECH, Div Engn & Appl Sci, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[2] CALTECH, Dept Chem Engn, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

来源：

NATURE | 1998年 / 391卷 / 6670期

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D O I：

10.1038/35974

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Cirrus clouds warm the Earth. Their formation is incompletely understood, but recent studies hint that they can evolve from jet contrails. This is an unsuspected, but possibly important, effect of human activity on climate — offering a new way to study the processes involved.

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页码：837 / 838

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