Relationship of electric field and charged particle density fluctuations to air turbulence in the mesosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Robertson, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE DENSITY; CHARGED PARTICLES; DRAG; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DRAG; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; MESOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TURBULENCE;

EID: 37349065062     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008412     Document Type: Article

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