Ionospheric E region remote sensing with ELF radio atmospherics

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1437-1444

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; IONOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; D REGION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING;

IONOSPHERIC E REGION;

RADIO COMMUNICATION; E REGION;

EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; INTEGRATED MEASUREMENTS; IONOSPHERIC REMOTE SENSING; LIGHTNING RADIATIONS; PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIO REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0034313835     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000RS002335     Document Type: Article

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