Modeling the plasma response to small-scale aerosol particle perturbations in the mesopause region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Lie Svendsen, O ^a   Blix, T A ^a   Hoppe, U P ^a   Thrane, E V ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b Andoya Rocket Range   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Mesosphere; Model; NLC; Plasma; PMSE

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; MESOPAUSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASMA;

EID: 0042523220     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002753     Document Type: Article

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