Transionospheric attenuation of 100 kHz radio waves inferred from satellite and ground based observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Fullekrug, Martin ^a   Parrot, Michel ^b   Ash, Matthew ^a   Astin, Ivan ^a   Williams, Paul ^b,c   Talhi, R ^a,b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c General Lighthouse Authorities   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMETER SATELLITES; GROUND BASED; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; LONG RANGE; MARINE NAVIGATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SPACE MISSIONS; TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS;

ATMOSPHERICS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; RADIO; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO STATIONS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; RADIO WAVES; SATELLITES; TRANSMITTERS;

RADIO NAVIGATION;

DEMETER; ELECTRIC FIELD; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; LORAN-C; LUMINESCENCE; NAVIGATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIO WAVE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 66949114367     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036988     Document Type: Article

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