Excitation of the ionospheric Alfven resonator by strong lightning discharges

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 829-832

  Sukhorukov, A I ^a   Stubbe, P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; RESONATORS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONS; F REGION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

ELECTRON HEATING; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; NONLINEAR CURRENT; NONLINEAR EXCITATION; TIME VARYING; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

WEATHER SATELLITES; IONOSPHERE;

IONOSPHERIC RESONATOR;

EID: 0031121296     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00807     Document Type: Article

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