On distant excitation of the ionospheric Alfvén resonator by positive cloud-to-ground lightning discharges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Shalimov, S ^a   Bosinger T ^b  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 41849116691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012614     Document Type: Article

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