Fractal analysis of subionospheric LF propagation data and consideration of the lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 901-906

  Imamura, T ^a   Ida, Y ^a   Kasahara, Y ^a   Nakamura, T ^a   Hobara, Y ^a   Hayakawa, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; COUPLING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; KOCHI [SHIKOKU]; MOSHIRI; SHIKOKU;

EID: 77951688884     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-901-2010     Document Type: Article

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