Atmospheric electricity coupling between earthquake regions and the ionosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 376-381

  Harrison, R G ^a   Aplin, K L ^b   Rycroft, M J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CAESAR Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conduction current density; Global circuit; Radon; Seismic precursors; Troposphere ionosphere coupling

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION CURRENT; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; DEMETER SATELLITES; EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRON FLOW; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; FAIR WEATHER; GLOBAL CIRCUIT; HYBRID DETECTION; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; MEDIUM FREQUENCY RADARS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; RADIO NOISE; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC PRECURSORS; SURFACE LAYERS; TOP-SIDE IONOSPHERE; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FURNACES; IONOSPHERE; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADON; TROPOSPHERE;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77950516548     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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