Characteristics of VHF over-horizon signals possibly related to impending earthquakes and a mechanism of seismo-atmospheric perturbations

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1057-1062

  Hayakawa, M ^a   Surkov, V V ^b   Fukumoto, Y ^a   Yonaiguchi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric processes; Electromagnetics; Exploration geophysics; Scattering and diffraction; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES; SEISMO-ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 34249824880     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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