D region ionization by lightning-induced electromagnetic pulses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A11, 2005, Pages

  Mende, S B ^a   Frey, H U ^a   Hsu, R R ^b   Su, H T ^b   Chen, A B ^b   Lee, L C ^b   Sentman, D D ^c   Takahashi, Y ^d   Fukunishi, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33644615174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011064     Document Type: Article

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