Vol. 14, issue 12, article # 7

pdf Penner I. E., Kokhanenko G. P., Shamanaev V. S. Airborne studies of aerosol trail from detachable stages of a carrier rocket. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 2001. V. 14. No. 12. P. 1043-1045.
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Abstract:

An artificial aerosol cloud formed above the tropopause due to emission of propellant components from a falling expendable stage of a carrier rocket has been studied. The scattering coefficient, geometry, and direction of movement of this anthropogenic cloud have been determined.