Estimates of meteoroid kinetic energies from observations of infrasonic airwaves

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1136-1160

  Edwards, Wayne N ^a   Brown, Peter G ^a   ReVelle, Douglas O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic waves; Bolide; Fireball; Infrasound; Kinetic energy; Meteor

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ESTIMATION; KINETIC ENERGY; METEORITES;

BOLIDE SHOCKS; FIREBALL; INFRASONIC AIRWAVES; METEOROID; SIGNAL PROPERTIES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; INFRASONICS; KINETIC ENERGY; METEOR;

EID: 33744798256     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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