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Aircraft Contrails
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NASA's Earth Observatory "Aircraft Contrails" webpage summarizes the key mechanism, measurements, and predictions of how cirrus clouds produced by contrails contribute to global warming. The page also includes an image showing a large number of contrails produced over the southeastern U. S.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/4435/aircraft-contrails
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NASA Earth Observatory, (2009), WWW Document, (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/4435/aircraft-contrails).
AJP/PRST-PER
NASA Earth Observatory, Aircraft Contrails (2009), <https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/4435/aircraft-contrails>.
APA Format
NASA Earth Observatory. (2009). Aircraft Contrails. Retrieved March 24, 2025, from https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/4435/aircraft-contrails
Chicago Format
NASA Earth Observatory. Aircraft Contrails. 2009. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/4435/aircraft-contrails (accessed 24 March 2025).
MLA Format
NASA Earth Observatory. Aircraft Contrails. 2009. 24 Mar. 2025 <https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/4435/aircraft-contrails>.
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@misc{ Author = "NASA Earth Observatory", Title = {Aircraft Contrails}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {24 March 2025}, Year = {2009} }
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