Diurnal and annual variations in 10-kHz radio noise

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 933-938

  Clilverd, Mark A ^a   Watkins, Nicholas W ^a   Smith, Andy J ^a   Yearby, Keith H ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LIGHTNING; RADIO RECEIVERS; THUNDERSTORMS;

RADIO EMISSIONS; SUBIONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; RADIO ASTRONOMY;

ANNUAL VARIATIONS; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; RADIO EMISSION; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

EID: 0032674987     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900009     Document Type: Article

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