Relations between small scale electron number density fluctuations, radar backscatter, and charged aerosol particles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Blix, Tom Arild ^a   Rapp, Markus ^b   Lübken, Franz Josef ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosols and particles; Ionosphere atmosphere interactions; Ionospheric irregularities; Mesospheric dynamics

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO; RADAR;

EID: 1642497633     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002430     Document Type: Article

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