Influences of ice particles on the ion chemistry of the polar summer mesosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Gumbel, J ^a,b,c   Siskind, D E ^b   Witt, G ^d   Torkar, K M ^e   Friedrich, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^f GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ICE CRYSTAL; IONOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO;

EID: 1642538451     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002413     Document Type: Article

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