Artificial modification of polar mesospheric winter echoes with an RF heater: Do charged dust particles play an active role?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Hoz, C La ^a   Havnes, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DUST; HEATING; RADAR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; CHARGE ACCUMULATION; CHARGED DUST PARTICLES; DUST PARTICLE; ELECTRON HEATING; EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; MAIN OBJECTS; POLAR MESOSPHERE; RADAR SCATTER; RF HEATING; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SIGNAL INTENSITY VARIATIONS; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; SMALL OVERSHOOT; STABLE LAYER;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

DUST; ELECTRON; HEATING; MESOSPHERE; POLAR MESOSPHERE WINTER ECHO; RADAR; SCATTERING; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; TROMS;

EID: 68149122195     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010460     Document Type: Article

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