VLF strip holographic imaging of lightning-associated ionospheric disturbances

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-348

  Chen, Jiunn Tsair ^a   Inan, Umran S ^a   Bell, Tim F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; D REGION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; HOLOGRAMS; HOLOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WAVEGUIDES; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES; LIGHTNING INDUCED ELECTRON PRECIPITATION BURSTS; LIGHTNING INDUCED HEATING; STRIP HOLOGRAMS; VERY LOW FREQUENCY RECEIVERS;

RADAR IMAGING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; LIGHTNING INDUCED ELECTRON PRECIPITATIONS; PHASE PERTURBATION; SIGNAL PROPAGATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELING; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

EID: 0030108832     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RS02079     Document Type: Article

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