The 1996 Leonid shower as studied with a potassium lidar: Observations and inferred meteoroid sizes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A2, 1999, Pages 2633-2643

  Höffner, Josef ^a   Von Zahn, Ulf ^a   McNeil, William J ^b   Murad, Edmond ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b Radex Inc   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 14344278159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900063     Document Type: Article

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