VLF observation of long ionospheric recovery events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Cotts, Benjamin R T ^a   Inan, Umran S ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ELECTROSTATICS; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

LIGHTNING-INDUCED ELECTRON PRECIPITATION;

IONOSPHERE;

IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING;

EID: 34548595730     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030094     Document Type: Article

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