On the geocentric micrometeor velocity distribution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Janches, Diego ^a,b,f   Nolan, Michael C ^a,f   Meisel, David D ^a,c   Mathews, John D ^b   Zhou, Qihou H ^d   Moser, Danielle E ^e  

^a Arecibo Observatory   (Puerto Rico)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f Arecibo Observatory   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Geocentric velocities; Ionosphere; Meteoroids; Radar meteors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142017356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009789     Document Type: Article

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