Do Schumann resonance frequencies depend on altitude?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A5, 2004, Pages

  Morente, Juan A ^a   Porti, Jorge A ^a   Salinas, Alfonso ^a   Molina Cuberos, Gregorio J ^a   Lichtenegger, Herbert ^b   Besser, Bruno P ^b   Schwingenschuh, Konrad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Department of Electromagnetism and Material Physics University of Granada ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic resonance; Schumann; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 29944433018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010305     Document Type: Article

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