Seasonal and diurnal variation of electron and iron concentrations at the meteor heights above Arecibo

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-60

  Zhou, Qihou ^a   Raizada, Shikha ^b   Tepley, Craig A ^b   Plane, John M C ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arecibo Observatory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E region electron density; Mesosphere; Mesospheric Fe chemistry; Meteors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; E REGION; IRON;

DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTRON CONCENTRATION; MESOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 37349097762     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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