Measurements of the VLF Scattering Pattern of the Structured Plasma of Red Sprites

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 29-37

  Hardman, Simon F ^a,b   Rodger, Craig J ^a,c   Dowden, Richard L ^a   Brundell, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering by plasma media; Ionospheric propagation; Perturbation; Sprites; Trimpi; VLF

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LIGHTNING; MONITORING; PLASMAS;

SPRITES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032045365     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.683540     Document Type: Article

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