Observations of persistent Leonid meteor trails 2. Photometry and numerical modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A10, 2001, Pages 21525-21541

  Kruschwitz, C A ^a   Kelley, M C ^a   Gardner, C S ^b   Swenson, G ^b   Liu, A Z ^b   Chu, X ^b   Drummond, J D ^c,g   Grime, B W ^c,g   Armstrong, W T ^d   Plane, J M C ^e   Jenniskens, P ^f  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 39449088124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000174     Document Type: Article

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