The structure of red sprites determined by VLF scattering

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 7-15

  Dowden, Richard ^a   Brundell, James ^a   Rodger, Craig ^a   Mochanov, Oleg ^a   Lyons, Walter ^b   Nelson, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ASTeR Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; VIDEO CAMERAS;

LUMINOSITY; RED SPRITES; STRATOSPHERE; VERY LOW FREQUENCY (VLF) RADIO WAVES;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030172454     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.511948     Document Type: Article

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