Trails of OH emissions from small comets near Earth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2435-2438

  Frank, L A ^a   Sigwarth, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ALTITUDE RANGE; EARTH'S SHADOW; NEAR-EARTH; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUCCESSFUL SEARCH;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0009879578     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02413     Document Type: Article

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