First observations of long-lived meteor trains with resonance lidar and other optical instruments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1811-1814

  Kelley, M C ^a   Gardner, C ^b   Drummond, J ^c   Armstrong, T ^d   Liu, A ^b   Chu, X ^b   Papen, G ^b   Kruschwitz, C ^a   Loughmiller, P ^a   Grime, B ^e   Engelman, J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOR;

LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; VISIBILITY;

METEOR TRAINS; RESONANCE LIDAR;

METEOR IMPACTS;

EID: 0034352494     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011175     Document Type: Article

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