Measuring the charge and size distribution of charged aerosol particles inside PMSE and NLC

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 530, 2003, Pages 537-542

  Smiley, Byron ^a   Rapp, Markus ^b   Blix, Tom ^c   Robertson, Scott ^a   Horányi, Mihaly ^a   Latteck, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; DETECTORS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS (NLC);

AEROSOLS;

EID: 0242384885     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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