A time-resolved model of the mesospheric Na layer: Constraints on the meteor input function

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 627-638

  Plane, J M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3242880278     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-4-627-2004     Document Type: Article

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