Positive ion depletion in a noctilucent cloud

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-96

  Balsiger, F ^a,f   Kopp, E ^a   Friedrich, M ^b   Torkar, K M ^c   Walchli U ^d   Witt, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Östereichische Akad der Wiss ^*  (Austria)

^d Balzen AG   (Liechtenstein)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE COATED AEROSOL; ION DEPLETION; ION MASS SPECTROMETER; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; PARTICLE IMPACT SENSOR; PROTON HYDRATE; ROCKET OBSERVATION;

SWEDEN, KIRUNA;

CLOUDS; IONOSPHERE; IONS; ROCKETS; SPACE FLIGHT;

ICE PARTICLES; ION COMPOSITION; ION PRODUCTION; MOBILE CHARGE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; PARTICLE ATTACHMENTS; ROCKET FLIGHT; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

POSITIVE IONS;

EID: 0029728817     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03608     Document Type: Article

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