A re-analysis of the atmospheric and ionospheric effects of the Flixborough explosion

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 11-13, 2003, Pages 1205-1212

  Krasnov, V M ^a   Drobzheva, Ya V ^a   Venart, J E S ^b   Lastovicka, J ^c  

^a Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acoustic field model; Flixborough; Ionosphere; Vapour cloud explosion

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0242582486     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2003.07.010     Document Type: Article

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