First in-situ observations of strong ionospheric perturbations generated by a poweful VLF ground-based transmitter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Parrot, M ^a   Sauvaud, J A ^a   Berthelier, J J ^b   Lebreton, J P ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; TURBULENCE;

ELECTRON HEATING; ION HEATING; IONOSPHERIC PERTURBATION;

IONOSPHERE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERTURBATION; RESONANCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34547983356     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029368     Document Type: Article

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