In-situ measurement of Cl2 and O3 in a stratospheric solid rocket motor exhaust plume

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1755-1758

  Ross, M N ^a   Ballenthin, J O ^b   Gosselin, R B ^b   Meads, R F ^c   Zittel, P F ^a   Benbrook, J R ^d   Sheldon, W R ^d  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; FORECASTING; OZONE; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; THERMAL PLUMES; AIRCRAFT; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLORINE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; PHOTOMETRY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AMBIENT OZONE CONCENTRATION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MODEL PREDICTION; OZONE CONCENTRATION; SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION;

RELUCTANCE MOTORS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AFTERBURNING REACTIONS; SOLID ROCKET MOTOR EXHAUST PLUME; STRATOSPHERE;

CHLORINE; EXHAUST PLUME; OZONE;

EID: 0031177949     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01592     Document Type: Article

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