Ionospheric anomalies associated with the Haiti earthquake of 12 January 2010 observed by DEMETER satellite

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 671-678

  Sarkar, S ^a   Choudhary, S ^a   Sonakia, A ^a   Vishwakarma, A ^a   Gwal, A K ^a  

^a BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; DEMETER; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; ELECTRON DENSITY; HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 84878018322     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-671-2012     Document Type: Article

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