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Banks 1989
Banks, P.M. (1989). A new means for observation of small comets and other water-laden bodies entering Earth’s upper atmosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 16: doi: 10.1029/89GL00825. issn: 0094-8276.

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-line and from excitation by upper atmospheric atomic oxygen. As a consequence, observations in space or from high-altitude platforms should provide an unambigious signature of the entry of such objects into Earth's atmosphere. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1989

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Planetology, Comets and Small Bodies, Instruments and techniques, Planetology, Comets and Small Bodies, Composition
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Geophysical Research Letters
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