Trail in the atmosphere of the 29 December 2000 meteor as recorded in Tahiti: Characteristics and trajectory reconstitution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D23, 2002, Pages

  Le Pichon, A ^a   Guerin J M ^a   Blanc, E ^a   Reymond, D ^b  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

0342 atmospheric composition and structure: Middle atmosphere energy deposition; 1630 global change: Impact phenomena; 3362 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Stratosphere troposphere interactions; 3384 meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448955758     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001283     Document Type: Article

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