VLF studies during TLE occurrences in Europe: A summary of new findings

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 489-510

  Mika, A ^a   Haldoupis, C ^b  

^a ARGOSS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

D region; Early VLF perturbation; TLE

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; D REGION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSORS;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; CHEMICAL MODELING; EARLY VLF PERTURBATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; ELECTRON DENSITIES; EUROPEAN; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; INTRACLOUD; IONOSPHERIC PERTURBATIONS; LIGHTNING DETECTION; LONG-LASTING; LOWER IONOSPHERE; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; OPTICAL-; QUASI-ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS; TLE; VERY-LOW-FREQUENCY;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 49749094367     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9382-8     Document Type: Article

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