Full-wave reflection of lightning long-wave radio pulses from the ionospheric D region: Numerical model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Jacobson, Abram R ^a,c   Shao, Xuan Min ^b   Holzworth, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Earth and Space Sciences University of Washington 310 Condon Hall ^*  (United States)

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EID: 67649132944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013642     Document Type: Article

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