Leonid meteor spectrum from 110 to 860 nm

Icarus

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-234

  Carbary, J F ^a   Morrison, D ^a   Romick, G J ^a   Yee, J H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteors; Spectroscopy; Ultraviolet observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037298114     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00064-7     Document Type: Review

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