written by
the WGBH Educational Foundation
NOVA's The Contrail Effect describes how contrails form and how humidity determines how long they last. The webpage goes on to describe the study during the days of clear skies, without contrails, following 9/11. Three satellite images of contrail patterns are provided.
ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!
![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=11472">WGBH Educational Foundation. The Contrail Effect. January 2, 2011.</a>
![]() WGBH Educational Foundation, (2006), WWW Document, (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/contrail-effect/).
![]() WGBH Educational Foundation, The Contrail Effect (2006), <https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/contrail-effect/>.
![]() WGBH Educational Foundation. (2011, January 2). The Contrail Effect. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/contrail-effect/
![]() WGBH Educational Foundation. The Contrail Effect. January 2, 2011. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/contrail-effect/ (accessed 1 May 2025).
![]() WGBH Educational Foundation. The Contrail Effect. 2006. 2 Jan. 2011. 1 May 2025 <https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/contrail-effect/>.
![]() @misc{
Author = "WGBH Educational Foundation",
Title = {The Contrail Effect},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {January 2, 2011},
Year = {2006}
}
![]() %Q WGBH Educational Foundation %T The Contrail Effect %D January 2, 2011 %U https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/contrail-effect/ %O text/html ![]() %0 Electronic Source %A WGBH Educational Foundation, %D January 2, 2011 %T The Contrail Effect %V 2025 %N 1 May 2025 %8 January 2, 2011 %9 text/html %U https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/contrail-effect/ Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
Citation Source Information
The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual. The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References. The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation. The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ. |