Evaporation of high speed sporadic meteors

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 737-740

  Murad, E ^a   Roth, C ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Radex Inc   (United States)

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EID: 3242891431     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-4-737-2004     Document Type: Article

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