Global contrail radiative forcing
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Global contrail radiative forcing and the impact of diurnal variations of air traffic N. Stuber and P. Forster Department of Meteorology, The University of Reading, Earley Gate, PO Box 243, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6BB, UK School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK Received: 3 August 2006 – Accepted: 6 September 2006 – Published: 25 September 2006 Correspondence to: N. Stuber ([email protected])
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