A model of meteoric iron in the upper atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue 3339, 1998, Pages 10913-10925

  Helmer, Magdalena ^a,c,d   Plane, John M C ^a   Qian, Jun ^b   Gardner, Chester S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Nature   (United Kingdom)

^d Macmillan Magazines Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; IRON; MESOSPHERE; METOROID; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 0000542466     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd03075     Document Type: Article

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