Higher harmonic tweek sferics observed at low latitude: Estimation of VLF reflection heights and tweek propagation distance

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1451-1459

  Kumar, S ^a   Kishore, A ^a   Ramachandran, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; IONOSPHERE; LATITUDE; LIGHTNING; REFLECTANCE;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUVA; VITI LEVU;

EID: 45449113428     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1451-2008     Document Type: Article

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