A numerical study of the Schumann resonances in Mars with the FDTD method

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Soriano, A ^a   Navarro, E A ^a   Morente, J A ^b   Porti, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 34548322709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012281     Document Type: Article

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