Trans-Ionospheric pulse pairs (TIPPs): Their geographic distributions and seasonal variations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3165-3168

  Zuelsdorf, R S ^a   Strangeway, R J ^a   Russell, C T ^a   Casier, C ^a   Christian, H J ^b   Franz, R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Global Hydrology and Climate Center   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; RADIATION; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS; THUNDERSTORMS;

LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING FLASHES; NORTH AMERICAN; OPTICAL TRANSIENT; PULSE PAIRS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER MONTHS;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IONOSPHERE;

TRANS-IONOSPHERIC PULSE PAIRS;

SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANS IONOSPHERIC PULSE PAIRS;

EID: 0031392468     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02949     Document Type: Article

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