Relativistic electron beam propagation in the Earth's atmosphere: Modeling results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1009-1012

  Neubert, T ^a,b   Gilchrist, B ^a   Wilderman, S ^a   Habash, L ^a   Wang, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRON BEAMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; IONOSPHERE; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PLASMA DENSITY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THUNDERSTORMS;

ALTITUDE REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATIONS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; ELECTRON-NEUTRAL COLLISIONS; ENVELOPE EQUATIONS; RADIAL EXPANSIONS; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BEAM; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODIFICATION; ELECTRON NEUTRAL COLLISIONS; ENVELOPE EQUATIONS; RELATIVISTIC BEAM DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATION; ELECTRON BEAM; INSTRUMENTATION; LINACS; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MODELLING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0030135602     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00247     Document Type: Article

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