On the secondary charging effects and structure of mesospheric dust particles impacting on rocket probes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 623-637

  Havnes, O ^a   Nsheim, L I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; MESOSPHERE; PROBE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34047216699     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-623-2007     Document Type: Article

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