Reconsidering the effectiveness of quasi-static thunderstorm electric fields for whistler duct formation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  McCormick, Robert J ^a   Rodger, Craig J ^a   Thomson, Neil R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ionospheric conductivity; Thunderstorms; Whistler ducts

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244231765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009219     Document Type: Article

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