Solar radiation-induced changes in ionospheric height and the Schumann resonance waveguide on different timescales

Radio Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Williams, E R ^a   Satori G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEODETIC AND GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUV RADIATION; GLOBAL LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; HEIGHT VARIATION; IONOSPHERIC HEIGHTS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SCHUMANN RESONANCES; SOLAR ROTATION; TIME-SCALES; X-RADIATION;

IONIZING RADIATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVITY; SUN;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350002123     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006RS003494     Document Type: Article

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