Interhemispheric propagation of VLF transmissions in the presence of ionospheric HF heating

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 5579-5591

  Starks, M J ^a,b   Lee, M C ^a   Jastrzebski, P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 14544270570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000090     Document Type: Article

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