The micrometeoroid mass flux into the upper atmosphere: Arecibo results and a comparison with prior estimates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1929-1932

  Mathews, J D ^a   Janches, D ^a,b   Meisel, D D ^a,c   Zhou, Q H ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOR IMPACTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

MICROMETEOROID MASS FLUX; PARTICLE MASS DETERMINATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

MICROMETEORITE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0035874419     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012621     Document Type: Article

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