Rocket measurements of positive ions during polar mesosphere winter echo conditions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5515-5524

  Brattli, A ^a   Blix, T A ^a   Lie Svendsen, O ^a   Hoppe, U P ^a   Lubken F J ^b   Rapp, M ^b   Singer, W ^b   Latteck, R ^b   Friedrich, M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ECHO SOUNDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVITY WAVE; INSTRUMENTATION; ION; ION EXCHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLAR METEOROLOGY; WINTER;

EID: 33845440865     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-5515-2006     Document Type: Article

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