Current and future applications of 3-D global earth-ionosphere models based on the full-vector Maxwell's equations FDTD method

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-130

  Simpson, Jamesina J ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejection; Earth; Earthquake precursor; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Ionosphere; Ionospheric disturbances; Lightning; Oil field; Plasma; Propagation; Remote sensing; Schumann resonance; Sprites; Waveguide; Whistlers

Indexed keywords

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; EARTH; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES; PROPAGATION; SCHUMANN RESONANCE; SPRITES; WHISTLERS;

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OIL FIELDS; PLASMAS; REMOTE SENSING; RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WAVEGUIDES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; EARTH; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INHOMOGENEITY; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESONANCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VECTOR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACHYCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 67349151246     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-009-9063-5     Document Type: Article

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