Peculiar transient events in the Schumann resonance band and their possible explanation

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 937-946

  Ondrášková, Adriena ^a   Bór, József ^b   Ševčík, Sebastián ^a   Kostecký, Pavel ^a   Rosenberg, Ladislav ^c  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b GEODETIC AND GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^c QBSW as   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Earth ionosphere cavity resonator; Flashes; Impulsive events; Q bursts; Schumann resonances; Triggered lightning

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IONOSPHERE; RESONANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORMS; TRANSIENTS;

EARTH-IONOSPHERE CAVITY RESONATOR; Q-BURST; SCHUMANN RESONANCES;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 41549108907     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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