Analysis of ionospheric plasma perturbations before Wenchuan earthquake

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1259-1266

  Zhang, X ^a   Shen, X ^a   Liu, J ^a   Ouyang, X ^a   Qian, J ^a   Zhao, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DEMETER; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PERTURBATION; PLASMA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 76149103931     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1259-2009     Document Type: Article

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