A new detector for the in situ measurement of meteoric dust particles in the middle atmosphere

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 530, 2003, Pages 379-384

  Rapp, M ^a   Strelnikov, B ^a   Wilms, S ^a   Lubken F J ^a   Gumbel, J ^b   Henkel, H ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Von Hoerner and Sulger GmbH Schwetzingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

METEORIC DUST PARTICLES;

METEORITES;

EID: 0242321987     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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