Q-bursts from various distances on the Earth

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 538-545

  Ogawa, Toshio ^a   Komatsu, Masayuki ^b  

^a Science Laboratory International   (Japan)

^b Polytechnic College Kochi   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ball antenna; ELF; Q burst; Schumann Resonance (SR); Sferic

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ATMOSPHERICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; RESONANCE;

BALL ANTENNA; ELF; Q-BURST; SCHUMANN RESONANCE (SR); SFERIC;

ELECTRIC FURNACES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LIGHTNING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149286366     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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