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published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service
This NOAA webpage describes contrails and explains both their origins and how they spread out. The page includes a satellite image showing a dense accumulation of contrails over part of Europe. The page also includes a link to a University of Wisconsin webpage with four time-lapse images of contrails spreading over the course of an hour.
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Keywords: atmosphere, aviation, cloud, jet, sky
Record Creator: Metadata instance created September 11, 2011 by Ed Lee
Record Updated: Aug 09, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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AIP Format
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service, Silver Spring, 2004), WWW Document, (https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/contrail.php?wfo=fgz).
AJP/PRST-PER
What is a contrail and how does it form? (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service, Silver Spring, 2004), <https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/contrail.php?wfo=fgz>.
APA Format
What is a contrail and how does it form?. (2004). Retrieved December 5, 2024, from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service: https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/contrail.php?wfo=fgz
Chicago Format
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service. What is a contrail and how does it form?. Silver Spring: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service, 2004. https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/contrail.php?wfo=fgz (accessed 5 December 2024).
MLA Format
What is a contrail and how does it form?. Silver Spring: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service, 2004. 5 Dec. 2024 <https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/contrail.php?wfo=fgz>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {What is a contrail and how does it form?}, Publisher = {National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {5 December 2024}, Year = {2004} }
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%T What is a contrail and how does it form? %D 2004 %I National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service %C Silver Spring %U https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/contrail.php?wfo=fgz %O image/jpeg

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%0 Electronic Source %D 2004 %T What is a contrail and how does it form? %I National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service %V 2024 %N 5 December 2024 %9 image/jpeg %U https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/contrail.php?wfo=fgz


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