Magnetotelluric pulses generated by volcanic lightning at Sakurajima volcano, Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Aizawa, Koki ^a,b   Yokoo, Akihiko ^a,c   Kanda, Wataru ^a,d   Ogawa, Yasuo ^d   Iguchi, Masato ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORMS;

DOMINANT MECHANISM; ELECTRIC PULSE; GPS CLOCK; HIGH ALTITUDE; LIGHTNING FLASHES; MAGNETOTELLURICS; NEGATIVE CHARGE; SAKURAJIMA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC LIGHTNING;

VOLCANOES;

COLLISION; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GPS; LIGHTNING; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PARTICLE MOTION; THUNDERSTORM; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; SAKURAJIMA;

EID: 77956444325     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044208     Document Type: Article

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