Detection of a meteor contrail and meteoric dust in the Earth's upper mesosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 359-369

  Kelley, M C ^a   Alcala, C ^a   Cho, J Y N ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSPHERE; METEOR CONTRAIL; METEORIC DUST;

EID: 0031869297     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00113-2     Document Type: Article

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