ELF communication system design

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)

Volumn , Issue , 1972, Pages 95-109

  Burrows, M ^a   Niessen, C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC NOISE; EARTH-IONOSPHERE CAVITY; ELF COMMUNICATION; HORIZONTAL DIPOLES; LONG-RANGE COMMUNICATIONS; NONLINEAR PROCESSING; OPERATING FREQUENCY; TRANSMITTING ANTENNA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84944854607     PISSN: 01977385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.1972.1161182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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