Experimental evidence for ice particle interaction with metal atoms at the high latitude summer mesopause region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Lübken, Franz Josef ^a   Höffner, Josef ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ICE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM; RESONANCE;

ICE PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS (NLC); NUMBER DENSITY;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ICE; POTASSIUM;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 3042758663     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019586     Document Type: Article

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