Solar variations in extremely low frequency propagation parameters: 1. A two-dimensional telegraph equation (TDTE) model of ELF propagation and fundamental parameters of Schumann resonances

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A7, 2003, Pages

  Kulak A ^a,b   Zieba S ^b   Micek, S ^b   Nieckarz, Z ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

ELF propagations; Schumann resonances; Two dimensional telegraph equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947523988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009304     Document Type: Article

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