Micro-Raman spectroscopic study of extremely large atmospheric ice conglomerations (megacryometeors)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1922, 2010, Pages 3145-3152

  Rull, F ^a,b   Delgado, A ^c   Martinez Frias J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ice formation; Megacryometeors; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC ICE; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; ICE FORMATION; ICE FORMATIONS; IN-SITU; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; MICRO-RAMAN; RAMAN SPECTRA; STRUCTURAL STUDIES;

ICE;

HYDROXIDE; HYDROXIDE ION; ICE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ATMOSPHERE; HYDROXIDES; ICE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 77955225200     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0103     Document Type: Article

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