FDTD Analysis of ELF Wave Propagation for Realistic Subionospheric Waveguide Models

IEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1203-1209

  Otsuyama, Takuya ^a,b   Hayakawa, Masashi ^b  

^a Sankosha Corporation   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDTD method; Schumann resonances; subionospheric wave propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250800354     PISSN: 03854205     EISSN: 13475533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejfms.124.1203     Document Type: Article

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