A new method for determining meteoroid mass from head echo data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A9, 2005, Pages

  Close, S ^a,b   Oppenheim, M ^c   Durand, D ^a,d   Dyrud, L ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33747196037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010950     Document Type: Article

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