A comparison of ambipolar diffusion coefficients in meteor trains using VHF radar and UV lidar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2745-2748

  Chilson, Phillip B ^a   Czechowsky, Peter ^a   Schmidt, Gerhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCULATIONS; DIFFUSION; E REGION; IONS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; DECAY (ORGANIC); RADAR;

AMBIPOLAR DIFFUSION; MESOPAUSE; METEOR TRAINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYLEIGH LIDAR;

METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR;

AMBIPOLAR DIFFUSION; AMBIPOLAR DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; BACKSCATTERED POWER; COMPARATIVE ESTIMATION; IONIC DIFFUSION; METEOR ECHOS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RAYLEIGH LIDAR;

EID: 0030269063     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02577     Document Type: Article

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