Effects of Subsonic Aircraft on Aerosols and Cloudiness in the Upper Troposhere and Lower Stratosphere

摘要

The primary goal of this project is to analyze the aerosol and meteorological observations obtained during the NASA-sponsored Global Atmospheric Sampling Program (GASP), 1975-1979, for the purpose of compiling a climatology of upper tropospheric/lower stratospheric aerosol properties along en route air corridors during the volcanically-quiescent late- 1970's. A second objective is to prepare a climatology of conditions favorable for persisting aircraft contrails, based on GASP temperature, pressure, and humidity measurements.