Study of oblique whistlers in the low-latitude ionosphere, jointly with the C/NOFS satellite and the World-Wide Lightning Location Network

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 851-863

  Jacobson, A R ^a   Holzworth, R H ^a   Pfaff, R F ^b   McCarthy, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Instruments and techniques); Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACHYCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 79956266814     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-851-2011     Document Type: Article

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