Toralf Renkwitz on Muck Rack

Toralf Renkwitz

As seen in: Nature, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Toralf

Contact Toralf, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Measurement of a lithium plume from the uncontrolled re-entry of a Falcon 9 rocket

|
By Robin Wing, Michael Gerding, John Plane, Yanmichel A. Morfa, J. Miguel Urco, Yosuke Yamazaki, Leonard Maximilian Schulz, Josef Höffner, Jens Mielich, Toralf Renkwitz, Claudia Stephan, Gerd Baumgarten, Claudia Stolle
| Nature Verified
Abstract A 10-fold enhancement of lithium atoms was detected at 96 km altitude by a resonance lidar at Kühlungsborn, Germany, approximately 20 hours after the uncontrolled re-entry of a Falcon 9 upper stage. The upper-atmospheric extension of the ICON general circulation model, nudged to ECMWF, was used to calculate winds. Backwards trajectories, including wind variability as measured by radar, traced air masses to the Falcon 9 re-entry path at 100 km altitude, west of Ireland.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 1 licensed articles (2 Total)
 •  Privacy  •  Terms  •  Security and Legal  •   •   •   • 

© 2026 Muck Rack

SOC 2® Certified