Accurate humidity probe for persistent aviation-contrail conditions

Dyroff, Christoph; Moore, Michael D.; Daube, Bruce C.; Herndon, Scott C.

doi:10.5194/amt-19-1023-2026

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Accurate humidity probe for persistent aviation-contrail conditions

Christoph Dyroff, Michael D. Moore, Bruce C. Daube, and Scott C. Herndon

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