On the efficiency of rocket-borne particle detection in the mesosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3701-3711

  Hedin, J ^a   Gumbel, J ^a   Rapp, M ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; BROWNIAN MOTION; DENSITY; DETECTION METHOD; MESOSPHERE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE;

EID: 34547158102     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-3701-2007     Document Type: Article

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