Laboratory studies and modelling of mesospheric iron chemistry

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 699-708

  Plane, J M C ^a   Self, D E ^a   Vondrak, T ^a   Woodcock, K R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; FLUORESCENCE; GRAVITY WAVES; IRON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEORITES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

METEORIC ABLATIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0242271659     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00401-0     Document Type: Article

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