The ECOMA 2007 campaign: Rocket observations and numerical modelling of aerosol particle charging and plasma depletion in a PMSE/NLC layer

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 781-796

  Brattli, A ^a   Lie Svendsen, O ^a   Svenes, K ^a   Hoppe, U P ^a   Strelnikova, I ^b   Rapp, M ^b   Latteck, R ^b   Friedrich, M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aerosols and particles; Atmospheric composition and structure; Composition and chemistry; Ion chemistry of the atmosphere; Middle atmosphere

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DENSITY; MESOPAUSE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASMA;

EID: 60749128391     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-781-2009     Document Type: Article

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