Cluster observations of ELF/VLF signals generated by modulated heating of the lower ionosphere with the HAARP HF transmitter

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2643-2653

  Platino, M ^a   Inan, U S ^a   Bell, T F ^a   Pickett, J ^b   Kennedy, E J ^c   Trotignon, J G ^d   Rauch, J L ^d   Canu, P ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions); Radio science (radio wave propagation); Space plasma physics (active perturbation experiments)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROJET; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 4344711604     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2643-2004     Document Type: Article

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