Observations of positively charged nanoparticles in the nighttime polar mesosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Rapp, M ^a,b   Hedin, J ^a   Strelnikova, I ^b   Friedrich, M ^c   Gumbel, J ^a   Lubken F J ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS;

AERODYNAMICAL CONSIDERATIONS; POLAR MESOSPHERE; POSITIVELY CHARGED NANOPARTICLES;

METEOROLOGY;

MESOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 31544462986     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024676     Document Type: Article

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