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319: 285:. The vapor then condenses into tiny water droplets which freeze if the temperature is low enough. These millions of tiny water droplets and/or ice crystals form the contrails. The time taken for the vapor to cool enough to condense accounts for the contrail forming some distance behind the aircraft. At high altitudes, supercooled water vapor requires a trigger to encourage deposition or condensation. The exhaust particles in the aircraft's exhaust act as this trigger, causing the trapped vapor to condense rapidly. Exhaust contrails usually form at high altitudes; usually above 8,000 m (26,000 ft), where the air temperature is below −36.5  237: 552: 400: 479:
2.8 °C (5 °F) in the US midwest. However, follow-up studies found that a natural change in cloud cover can more than explain these findings. The authors of a 2008 study wrote, "The variations in high cloud cover, including contrails and contrail-induced cirrus clouds, contribute weakly to the changes in the diurnal temperature range, which is governed primarily by lower altitude clouds, winds, and humidity."
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accumulated from aviation, and could triple from a 2006 baseline to 160–180 mW/m by 2050 without intervention. For comparison, the total radiative forcing from human activities amounted to 2.72 W/m (with a range between 1.96 and 3.48W/m) in 2019, and the increase from 2011 to 2019 alone amounted
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The visible cores of wingtip vortices contrast with the other major type of contrails which are caused by the combustion of fuel. Contrails produced from jet engine exhaust are seen at high altitude, directly behind each engine. By contrast, the visible cores of wingtip vortices are usually seen only
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engine exhaust or changes in air pressure, typically at aircraft cruising altitudes several kilometres/miles above the Earth's surface. They are composed primarily of water, in the form of ice crystals. The combination of water vapor in aircraft engine exhaust and the low ambient temperatures at high
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and particles of soot have been observed at lower concentrations. The exact quality is a function of engine type and basic combustion engine function, with up to 30% of aircraft exhaust being unburned fuel. (Micron-sized metallic particles resulting from engine wear have also been detected.) At high
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led to a reduction in global air traffic of nearly 70% relative to 2019. Thus, it provided an extended opportunity to study the impact of contrails on regional and global temperature. Multiple studies found "no significant response of diurnal surface air temperature range" as the result of contrail
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persist in the atmosphere long after the aircraft has passed. The reduction in pressure and temperature across each vortex can cause water to condense and make the cores of the wingtip vortices visible; this effect is more common on humid days. Wingtip vortices can sometimes be seen behind the wing
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in solid phase). This may happen when air with a high proportion of gaseous water cools. A distrail forms when the heat of engine exhaust evaporates the liquid water droplets in a cloud, turning them back into invisible, gaseous water vapor. Distrails also may arise as a result of enhanced mixing
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in the continental United States, this increase was the largest recorded in 30 years. Without contrails, the local diurnal temperature range was 1 °C (1.8 °F) higher than immediately before. In the southern US, the difference was diminished by about 3.3 °C (6 °F), and by
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Where an aircraft passes through a cloud, it can disperse the cloud in its path. This is known as a distrail (short for "dissipation trail"). The plane's warm engine exhaust and enhanced vertical mixing in the aircraft's wake can cause existing cloud droplets to evaporate. If the cloud is
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An EU project launched in 2020 aims to assess the feasibility of minimising contrail effects by the operational choices in making flight plans. Other similar projects include ContrailNet from Eurocontrol, Reviate, and the Ciconia project, as well as Google's 'project contrail'.
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at cruising altitude with a sample-gathering aircraft flying in trail. In these samples, the contrail-producing soot particle count was reduced by 50 to 70 percent, using a 50% blend of conventional Jet A1 fuel and HEFA (hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids) biofuel produced from
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In firearms, a vapor trail is sometimes observed when firing under rare conditions, due to condensation induced by changes in air pressure around the bullet. A vapor trail from a bullet is observable from any direction. Vapor trail should not be confused with
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gained media attention as a "mystery missile" that could not be explained by U.S. military and aviation authorities, and its explanation as a contrail took more than 24 hours to become accepted by U.S. media and military institutions.
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contribute 60 to 80% of contrail radiative forcing while accounting for 25% of daily air traffic, and winter flights contribute half of the annual mean radiative forcing while accounting for 22% of annual air traffic.
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could reduce contrail generation. This reduction was explained by demonstrating that biofuels produce fewer soot particles, which are the nuclei around which the ice crystals form. The tests were performed by flying a
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to 0.34W/m. Contrail effects differ a lot depending on when they are formed, as they decrease the daytime temperature and increase the nighttime temperature, reducing their difference. In 2006, it was estimated that
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Depending on the temperature and humidity at the altitude where the contrails form, they may be visible for only a few seconds or minutes, or persist long enough to form near continuous layers of cirrus cloud.
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at low altitude where the aircraft is travelling slowly after takeoff or before landing, and where the ambient humidity is higher; they trail behind the wingtips and wing flaps rather than behind the engines.
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Ritchie, Glenn; Still, Kenneth; Rossi Iii, John; Bekkedal, Marni; Bobb, Andrew; Arfsten, Darryl (2003). "Biological and health effects of exposure to kerosene-based jet fuels and performance additives".
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Engine exhaust is predominantly made up of water and carbon dioxide, the combustion products of hydrocarbon fuels. Many other chemical byproducts of incomplete hydrocarbon fuel combustion, including
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for water droplet growth in the exhaust. If water droplets form, they can freeze to form ice particles that compose a contrail. Their formation can also be triggered by changes in air pressure in
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sufficiently thin, such processes can yield a cloud-free corridor in an otherwise solid cloud layer. An early satellite observation of distrails that most likely were elongated, aircraft-induced
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Starting from the 1990s, it was suggested that contrails during daytime have a strong cooling effect, and when combined with the warming from night-time flights, this would lead to a substantial
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after they flew in a formation. However, its authors cautioned that this was a single event, making it difficult to draw firm conclusions from it. Then, the global response to the
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speeds, causing a sudden drop in air pressure. This creates the condensation fog (inside the intake) which is often observed by air travelers during takeoff.
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A contrail from an airplane flying towards the observer can appear to be generated by an object moving vertically. On 8 November 2010 in the US state of
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Zhu, Jialei; Penner, Joyce E.; Garnier, Anne; Boucher, Olivier; Gao, Meng; Song, Lei; Deng, Junjun; Liu, Cong-qiang; Fu, Pingqing (18 March 2022).
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A 2013–2014 study jointly supported by NASA, the German aerospace center DLR, and Canada's National Research Council NRC, determined that
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It is considered that the largest contribution of aviation to climate change comes from contrails. In general, aircraft contrails trap
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altitudes as this water vapor emerges into a cold environment, the localized increase in water vapor can raise the
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identified one event where the temperature was 0.8 °C (1.4 °F) higher than the day's average near
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altitudes causes the trails' formation. Impurities in the engine exhaust from the fuel, including
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Digby, Ruth A. R.; Gillett, Nathan P.; Monahan, Adam H.; Cole, Jason N. S. (29 September 2021).
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are of particular interest to scientists. The resulting cloud forms are formally described as
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Contrail cirrus may be air traffic's largest radiative forcing component, larger than all CO
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when deployed (wingtips and flap boundaries represent discontinuities in airflow). These
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compounds (0.05% by weight in jet fuel) provide some of the particles that serve as
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Hong, Gang; Yang, Ping; Minnis, Patrick; Hu, Yong X.; North, Gerald (2008).
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Gettelman, Andrew; Chen, Chieh-Chieh; Bardeen, Charles G. (18 June 2021).
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emitted by the Earth and atmosphere more than they reflect incoming
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Travis, David J.; Carleton, Andrew M.; Lauritsen, Ryan G. (2002).
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and selected species, supplementary features, and other airborne
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In 2011, a study of British meteorological records taken during
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was widened by 1.1 °C (2.0 °F). Measured across 4,000
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Long, thin artificial clouds that sometimes form behind aircraft
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changes, and either "no net significant global ERF" (effective
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Cumulus castellanus (unofficial alternative name for Cu con))
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Travis, D. J.; A. M. Carleton; R. G. Lauritsen (March 2004).
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No differentiated sub-types; tends to resemble cirrostratus
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Travis, D. J.; A. Carleton; R. G. Lauritsen (August 2002).
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At high-thrust settings the fan blades at the intake of a
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flaps of airliners during takeoff and landing, and during
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in gas phase) condenses into microscopic water droplets (
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photograph showing aircraft contrails and natural clouds
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term for Cu con and "Cu cas" is Towering cumulus ))
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in liquid phase) or into microscopic ice crystals (
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Vapor Trail (disambiguation)
Chemtrail conspiracy theory
Contrail (disambiguation)
Genus
Classification
Precipitation
/ˈkɒntrlz/
clouds
aircraft
soot
sulfur
cloud condensation nuclei
wingtip vortices
climate change

Boeing 747-438
Qantas
volatile organic compounds
inorganic
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
oxygenated
alcohols
ozone
relative humidity
saturation point
°C
°F
biofuels
DC-8
camelina

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