Decay of a vertical plasma column: A model to explain VLF sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2765-2768

  Dowden, Richard L ^a   Rodger, Craig J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

ANGLE SCATTERINGS; CONDUCTING PLASMA; LOGARITHMIC DECAY; MONOTONIC VARIATIONS; PLASMA COLUMNS; RED SPRITE; SCATTERED SIGNALS; VERTICAL COLUMNS;

EARTH SCIENCES; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EARLY/FAST TRIMPIS; VERY LOW FREQUENCY (VLF) SPRITES;

EID: 0031276797     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02822     Document Type: Article

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