Initial results of a rocket-based study of gravity wave effects on photoionization in the middle atmosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 741-746

  Croskey, C L ^a   Mitchell, J D ^a   Friedrich, M ^b   Schmidlin, F J ^c   Meriwether, J W ^d  

^a The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRODYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVES; PHOTOIONIZATION; SOUNDING ROCKETS; THUNDERSTORMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GRAVITY WAVE EFFECTS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

GRAVITY WAVE; IONIZATION; MESOSPHERE;

EID: 0242334909     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00409-5     Document Type: Article

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