Distribution of meteoric smoke - Sensitivity to microphysical properties and atmospheric conditions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4415-4426

  Megner, L ^a   Rapp, M ^a,b   Gumbel, J ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; METEORITE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SMOKE;

EID: 33749466506     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-4415-2006     Document Type: Article

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