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Karen Hepler Rosenlof
Senior Scientist, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory
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Investigating the Potential Atmospheric Accumulation and Radiative Impact of the Coming Increase in Satellite Reentry Frequency
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
21 march 2025
Christopher Maloney, Robert W. Portmann, Martin Ro...
Construction of numerous satellite megaconstellations in the low Earth orbit (LEO) (300–2,000 km) is projected over the coming decades. ...
In situ observations of a kerosene-fueled rocket plume sampled during SABRE 2023
SPACEFLIGHT AND EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE: HOW THE COMING ERA OF LARGER AND MORE FREQUENT ROCKET LAUNCHES AND SPACE DEBRIS REENTRIES COULD AFFECT GLOBAL CLIMATE, OZONE, HIGH-ALTITUDE CLOUDS, AIRGLOWS, AND SPACE WEATHER II ELIGHTNING
atmospheric sciences | 12 december 2024
Troy D. Thornberry, Joshua P. Schwarz, Martin Ross...
Rocket launches and space debris from reentries are the only direct anthropogenic emission sources above ~20 km in the atmosphere. Space launch activi...
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Limitations and challenges in modeling the atmospheric impacts of space flight
SPACEFLIGHT AND EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE: HOW THE COMING ERA OF LARGER AND MORE FREQUENT ROCKET LAUNCHES AND SPACE DEBRIS REENTRIES COULD AFFECT GLOBAL CLIMATE, OZONE, HIGH-ALTITUDE CLOUDS, AIRGLOWS, AND SPACE WEATHER II ELIGHTNING
atmospheric sciences | 12 december 2024
Kostas Tsigaridis, Robert D. Field, Susanne Bauer,...
Rocket launches have obvious local impacts on atmospheric composition and the number of launches to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) from civil, military, and co...
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Modeling the atmospheric transport and potential radiative impact of alumina aerosols emitted from the coming increase in satellite reentry frequency
SPACEFLIGHT AND EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE: HOW THE COMING ERA OF LARGER AND MORE FREQUENT ROCKET LAUNCHES AND SPACE DEBRIS REENTRIES COULD AFFECT GLOBAL CLIMATE, OZONE, HIGH-ALTITUDE CLOUDS, AIRGLOWS, AND SPACE WEATHER II ELIGHTNING
atmospheric sciences | 12 december 2024
Christopher Maloney, Robert W. Portmann, Martin Ro...
The recent uptick in rocket launch rates, as well as the proposal of large low earth orbit satellite constellations (LLCs) has renewed interest into h...
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Rocket launches and satellite re-entry: Initial findings and the need for observational constraints given projections of a rapidly increasing number of Low Earth Orbit large satellite constellations
SPACEFLIGHT AND EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE: HOW THE COMING ERA OF LARGER AND MORE FREQUENT ROCKET LAUNCHES AND SPACE DEBRIS REENTRIES COULD AFFECT GLOBAL CLIMATE, OZONE, HIGH-ALTITUDE CLOUDS, AIRGLOWS, AND SPACE WEATHER II ELIGHTNING
atmospheric sciences | 12 december 2024
Karen H. Rosenlof
The space industry is currently growing more rapidly than during any earlier time period since the beginning of the space age. Large low Earth orbit (...
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Ozone Trends in the Tropics: A Comparative Study of Modern Analytical Techniques
GENERAL ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, URBAN WINTER AIR QUALITY, AND CONSTRAINTS ON ATMOSPHERIC OXIDATION CAPACITY IV POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 10 december 2024
Yue Jia, Sean M. Davis, Eric A. Ray, Karen H. Rose...
Understanding trends in total column ozone (TCO) and partial column ozone (PCO) is critical for advancing our knowledge of atmospheric chemistry and c...
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Intentional Stratospheric Dehydration - zeroth-order evaluation and first-order questions
ADVANCES IN CLIMATE ENGINEERING SCIENCE III ORAL
global environmental change | 09 december 2024
Joshua P. Schwarz, Ru-Shan Gao, Troy D. Thornberry...
We evaluate a climate intervention strategy focused on decreasing water vapor (WV) concentrations near thetropopause and in the stratosphere to increa...
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Evaluating the Importance of Nitrate‐Containing Aerosols for the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
03 october 2024
Yunqian Zhu, Pengfei Yu, Xinyue Wang, Charles Bard...
The Asian Summer Monsoon (ASM) convection transports aerosols and their precursors from the boundary layer to the upper troposphere and lower strat...