Observations of persistent Leonid meteor trails: 4. Buoyant rise/vortex formation as mechanism for creation of parallel meteor train pairs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A4, 2005, Pages

  Zinn, John ^a   Drummond, Jack ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33747200395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010575     Document Type: Article

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