Electromagnetic field in the sea due to an omnidirectional VLF antenna

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-112

  King, Ronold W P ^a   Harrison Jr , Charles W ^b   Houdzoumis, Vassilios A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ANTENNA RADIATION; BANDWIDTH; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; SUBMARINES;

HORIZONTAL ANTENNA; SPECIAL APPLICATIONS; SUBMERGED SUBMARINES;

OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; ANTENNAS;

VERY LOW FREQUENCIES (VLF);

EID: 0030811468     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS03196     Document Type: Article

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