The Mesopause as a physical penetration boundary

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 13 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1159-1170

  ReVelle, D O ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric penetration of meteoroids; Entry dynamics modeling; Mesopause; Meteor and bolide groups; Meteoroid influx rate

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOR IMPACTS; METEORITES;

ENTRY DYNAMICS MODELING; MESOPAUSE; METEOROID INFLUX RATE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

MESOPAUSE; METEOR;

EID: 24144476614     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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