Comment on "VLF signatures of ionospheric disturbances associated with sprites" by Inan et al.

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3421-3422

  Dowden, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

ANGLE SCATTERINGS; DATA INTERPRETATION; GAUSSIAN SHAPE; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; SCATTERING SOURCE; SIZE AND SHAPE; VERTICAL COLUMNS; WIDE-ANGLE SCATTERING;

FORWARD SCATTERING; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

GAUSSIAN SHAPE; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; SPRITES; VERY LOW FREQUENCY SCATTERING;

EID: 0030290963     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03167     Document Type: Article

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