Low-frequency ionospheric sounding with Narrow Bipolar Event lightning radio emissions: Regular variabilities and solar-X-ray responses

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2175-2184

  Jacobson, A R ^a   Holzworth, R ^a   Lay, E ^a   Heavner, M ^b   Smith, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; RADIO WAVE; SOUND PROPAGATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 36048978167     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-2175-2007     Document Type: Article

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