Satellite monitoring of anomalous effects in the ionosphere related to the great Wenchuan earthquake of May 12, 2008

Natural Hazards

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-332

  Sarkar, Shivalika ^a   Gwal, A K ^a  

^a BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

DEMETER; Electric field; Ion density; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

DEMETER; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 78049321511     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9530-9     Document Type: Article

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