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This site by NASA provides an introduction to contrails, the clouds of ice that form around the small particles in aircraft exhaust.  The site presents explanations for how and where these contrails form as well as descriptions of how they evolve.  Visitors are invited to make observations of contrail data.
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aircraft, altitude, contrail, jet trail
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Metadata instance created October 17, 2006 by Ann Deml
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August 19, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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(National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington), WWW Document, (https://scool.larc.nasa.gov/contrails.html).
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S'Cool: Observing Contrails (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington), <https://scool.larc.nasa.gov/contrails.html>.
APA Format
S'Cool: Observing Contrails. (2006, October 17). Retrieved March 28, 2024, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: https://scool.larc.nasa.gov/contrails.html
Chicago Format
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. S'Cool: Observing Contrails. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, October 17, 2006. https://scool.larc.nasa.gov/contrails.html (accessed 28 March 2024).
MLA Format
S'Cool: Observing Contrails. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 17 Oct. 2006. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://scool.larc.nasa.gov/contrails.html>.
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@misc{ Title = {S'Cool: Observing Contrails}, Publisher = {National Aeronautics and Space Administration}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {28 March 2024}, Month = {October 17, 2006}, Year = {} }
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