Stratospheric Aluminum Oxide
- 26 March 1976
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 191 (4233), 1270-1271
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.191.4233.1270
Abstract
Balloons and U-2 aircraft were used to collect micrometer-sized strato-spheric aerosols. It was discovered that for the past 6 years at least, aluminum oxide spheres have been the major stratospheric particulate in the size range 3 to 8 micrometers. The most probable source of the spheres is the exhaust from solid-fuel rockets.Keywords
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