Signatures of mesospheric particles in ionospheric data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 823-829

  Friedrich, M ^a   Torkar, K M ^b   Singer, W ^c   Strelnikova, I ^c   Rapp, M ^c   Robertson, S ^d  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Aerosols and particles; Middle atmosphere composition and chemistry); Ionosphere (Ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; SUMMER;

EID: 60749123709     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-823-2009     Document Type: Article

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