Modelling the small-scale plasma response to the presence of heavy aerosol particles

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2045-2054

  Lie Svendsen, Øystein ^a   Blix, Tom A ^a   Hoppe, Ulf Peter ^a   Thrane, Eivind V ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b Andøya Rocket Range   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; ELECTRONS; GRAVITATION; IONIZATION; IONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLASMAS;

FORCE BALANCE EQUATIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; MESOPAUSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO;

EID: 0042536458     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00227-8     Document Type: Article

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