Sprite lightning heard round the world by Schumann resonance methods

Radio Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Williams, E R ^a   Mushtak, V C ^a   Boldi, R ^b   Dowden, R L ^c   Kawasaki, Z I ^d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Low Frequency Electromagnetic Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TRANSIENT; LIGHTNING FLASHES; LONG-PATH; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; RHODE ISLAND; SCHUMANN RESONANCES; UNIFORM MODEL;

IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RESONANCE; TRANSIENTS; WAVEGUIDES;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

EID: 70350008271     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006RS003498     Document Type: Article

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