Smoky plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2 II, 2007, Pages 314-322

  Robertson, Scott ^a   Sternovsky, Zoltan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Plasma devices; Plasmas

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; METEORITES; METEOROLOGY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DEVICES; SEDIMENTATION;

PLASMA POTENTIAL; SMOKY PLASMA;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 34247343319     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.892135     Document Type: Article

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