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However, statistics on the increase of cirrus levels as a result of stratospheric aircraft movements are still meagre and their statistical significance is not always proven. Yet
at Salt Lake City and
between
and
do
an
in cirrus cloudiness which paralleled the
in jet aircraft activity (
7.5). The expected rapid development of civil aviation in future decades may make this an important element of anthropogenic atmospheric modification.
(From: Andrew Goudie,
The human impact on the natural environment
. Basil Blackwell, 1981)
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