Detection of atomic oxygen trails of small comets in the vicinity of Earth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2431-2434

  Frank, L A ^a   Sigwarth, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; FAR ULTRAVIOLET; SCATTERED SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL DURATIONS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0009831448     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02412     Document Type: Article

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