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American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Research Letters, 10(30), p. n/a-n/a, 2003

DOI: 10.1029/2003gl017249

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Polar Mesospheric Clouds Formed From Space Shuttle Exhaust

Journal article published in 2003 by Michael H. Stevens ORCID, Jorg Gumbel, Christoph R. Englert, Klaus U. Grossmann, Markus Rapp ORCID, Paul Hartogh
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Abstract

We observe a plume of water vapor in the Arctic above 85 km and a day after an August shuttle launch. Our satellite observations reveal that a discrete region of polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) appears a week after that launch. We calculate that the water contained in the observed PMCs is consistent with the amount injected by the shuttle. This is evidence for a source of PMCs not previously considered.