Evidence on a link between the intensity of Schumann resonance and global surface temperature

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1809-1817

  Sekiguchi, ^a   Hayakawa, ^a   Nickolaenko, ^b   Hobara, ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; LIGHTNING; RESONANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; MOSHIRI;

EID: 33751099048     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1809-2006     Document Type: Article

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