A new means for observation of small comets and other water-laden bodies entering earth's upper atmosphere

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Jun 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989georl..16..575b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 16, June 1989, p. 575-578.

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Comets, Infrared Radiation, Space Platforms, Upper Atmosphere, Water Vapor, Emission Spectra, Oxygen Atoms, Comets, Atmosphere, Bombardment, Infrared, Wavelengths, Solar Radiation, Emissions, Water Vapor, Clouds, Calculations, Oxygen, Theoretical Studies, Techniques

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This paper shows that the infrared radiance of comet-associated water vapor clouds described by Frank et al. (1986b) is large relative to natural background emissions. This IR emission arises from scattering of solar radiation and earth-shine and from excitation by upper atmospheric atomic oxygen. As a consequence, observations in space or from high-altitude platforms should provide an unambiguous signature of the entry of such objects into earth's atmosphere.

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