World-wide lightning location using VLF propagation in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 40-60

  Dowden, Richard L ^a   Holzworth, Robert H ^b   Rodger, Craig J ^c   Lichtenberger, János ^d   Thomson, Neil R ^c   Jacobson, Abraham R ^b   Lay, Erin ^b   Brundell, James B ^a   Lyons, Thomas J ^e   O'Keefe, Steven ^f   Kawasaki, Zen ^g   Price, Colin ^h   Prior, Victor ⁱ   Ortéga, Pascal ^j   Weinman, James ^b   Mikhailov, Yuri ^k   Veliz, Oscar ^l   Qie, Xiush ^m   Burns, Gary ⁿ   Collier, Andrew ^o   Pinto, Osmar ^p   Diaz, Ricardo ^q   Adamo, Claudia ^r   Williams, Earl R ^s   Kumar, Sushil ^t   Raga, G B ^u   Rosado, Jose M ^v   Avila, Eldo E ^w   Clilverd, Mark A ^x   Ulich, Thomas ^y   Gorham, Peter ^z   Shanahan, Thomas J G ^aa   Osipowicz, Thomas ^ab   Cook, Gregory ^ac   Zhao, Yang ^ad   more..

^a Low Frequency Electromagnetic Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

ⁱ INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^k PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^l INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^m INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

ⁿ AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^o HERMANUS MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^p DGEIINPE   (Brazil)

^q UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^r CNR   (Italy)

^s MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^u UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^v UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^w UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^x BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^z UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^aa BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^ab NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^ad Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

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Author keywords

Earth ionosphere waveguide; VLF propagation

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; POLARIZATION; SENSORS; WAVEGUIDES;

DETECTION RATES; EARTH-IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; LIGHTNING STRIKES; LIGHTNING STROKES; RMS ERRORS; VLF PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSIONS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 58749107342     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2008.4674710     Document Type: Article

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