An impact plume model for atmospheric holes in the FUV dayglow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3117-3120

  Boslough, Mark B E ^a   Randall Gladstone, G ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MODELS; OXYGEN; RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC HOLES; DAYGLOW; STONY METEOROID;

SPACE RESEARCH; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

FAR ULTRAVIOLET DAYGLOW; MESOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DARK SPOTS; DAYGLOW; IMPACTORS; LOW DENSITY; PLUME MODEL; SIZE RANGES;

EID: 0031390985     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL53303     Document Type: Article

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