Preliminary Assessment of the Potential Impact of Solid-Fueled Rocket Engines in the Stratosphere.
Abstract
Free chlorine atoms produced from HCl deposited by solid-fueled rocket engines react to destroy odd oxygen in the stratosphere. Using a one-dimensional photochemical model, we have computed the reduction of ozone likely to be caused by long-term operation of such vehicles powered by large solid-fueled rocket engines. It is likely that ozone reduction will not be greater than a few tenths of a percent, although the value is dependent upon ambient NOx concentrations.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Pub Date:
- March 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1175/1520-0469(1975)032<0613:PAOTPI>2.0.CO;2
- Bibcode:
- 1975JAtS...32..613W