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S'Cool: Observing Contrails
published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Visit this NASA site for an introduction to contrails, the clouds of ice that form around the small particles in aircraft exhaust.  You'll find explanations for how and where these contrails form as well as descriptions of how they evolve.  Also, you can submit your own contrail data to NASA with an online report form.
https://scool.larc.nasa.gov/contrails.html
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Keywords: aircraft, altitude, contrail, jet trail
Record Creator: Metadata instance created October 17, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated: Aug 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>.
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S'Cool: Observing Contrails. (2006, October 17). Retrieved March 16, 2025, 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 16 March 2025).
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S'Cool: Observing Contrails. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 17 Oct. 2006. 16 Mar. 2025 <https://scool.larc.nasa.gov/contrails.html>.
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