Modeling ELF radio atmospheric propagation and extracting lightning currents from ELF observations

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 385-394

  Cummer, Steven A ^a,c   Inan, Umran S ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D REGION; E REGION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCIES; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LIGHTNING; RADIO TRANSMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERICS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; IONOSPHERE;

DECONVOLUTION METHOD; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY; RADIO ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERICS; LIGHTNING;

DECONVOLUTION METHOD; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; LIGHTNING CURRENTS; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; RADIO ATMOSPHERICS; SINGLE FREQUENCY; TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; WAVE FORMS;

EID: 0033727909     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS002184     Document Type: Article

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