Reduced meteoric smoke particle density at the summer pole - Implications for mesospheric ice particle nucleation

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-49

  Megner, L ^a   Gumbel, J ^a   Rapp, M ^b   Siskind, D E ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensation nuclei; Mesosphere; Meteoric smoke; NLC; Particles; PMSE

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; ICE; METEORITES; NUCLEATION; WATER VAPOR;

MESOPAUSE; MESOSPHERE; METEORIC SMOKE;

SMOKE;

EID: 36448942541     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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