Technology term
Ice-Supersaturated Region (ISSR)
A cold atmospheric region where humidity relative to ice exceeds saturation, allowing ice crystals and persistent contrails to survive and grow. Contrail-avoidance systems try to forecast and route aircraft around these moving zones.
English
Ice-Supersaturated Region
Arabic
منطقة فرط الإشباع بالجليد
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