SR1419
Senior Member.
according to this article/research paper, the amount of airborne dust doubled in the 20th century.
The are seemingly referring to terrestrial/household dust...but I am wondering if this can be related to more "aerosols" at flight level- leaving more condensation nuclei for contrails...and thus more contrails. More contrails for any given level of air traffic...
Any thoughts?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/garden/10dust.html?src=me&ref=general
The are seemingly referring to terrestrial/household dust...but I am wondering if this can be related to more "aerosols" at flight level- leaving more condensation nuclei for contrails...and thus more contrails. More contrails for any given level of air traffic...
Any thoughts?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/garden/10dust.html?src=me&ref=general