Modeling of subionospheric VLF signal perturbations associated with earthquakes

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1177-1185

  Rodger, Craig J ^a   Clilverd, Mark A ^a   Thomson, Neil R ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FREQUENCIES; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLAR RADIATION; GEOPHYSICS;

SOLAR FLARE; TERMINATOR TIME EFFECT; VERY LOW FREQUENCY SIGNAL PERTURBATIONS; EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; EARTHQUAKE PROCESS; IMMINENT EARTHQUAKES; NARROW BANDS; PROPAGATION MODELS; SIMPLE MODELING; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0033355358     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900061     Document Type: Article

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