VLF/LF radio sounding of ionospheric perturbations associated with earthquakes

Sensors

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1141-1158

  Hayakawa, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Ionospheric perturbations; VLF LF radio sounding

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GEOPHYSICS; IONOSPHERE;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; IONOSPHERIC PERTURBATION; RADIO SOUNDINGS; SHORT-TERM EARTHQUAKE PREDICTIONS; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKES; VERY LOW FREQUENCY; VLF/LF PROPAGATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 34547615338     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s7071141     Document Type: Article

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