Potential distribution around sounding rockets in mesospheric layers with charged aerosol particles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Sternovsky, Zoltan ^a   Holzworth, R H ^b   Horanyi M ^a   Robertson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

0305 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801); 0340 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere composition and chemistry; 0341 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Middle atmosphere constituent transport and chemistry (3334)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; SHOCK WAVES; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

CHARGED AEROSOL PARTICLES; MESOSPHERIC LAYERS; POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMERTIME MESOPAUSE REGIONS;

SOUNDING ROCKETS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MESOSPHERE;

EID: 14044259873     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020949     Document Type: Article

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