Natural Electromagnetic Phenomena and Electromagnetic Theory: A Review

The transactions of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.A

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-79

  Hayakawa, Masashi ^a   Ando, Yoshiaki ^a   Hattori, Katsumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atmospheric electricity; computational electromagnetics; electromagnetic theory; Natural electromagnetic phenomena; seismogenic emission; space plasma

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009629340     PISSN: 03854205     EISSN: 13475533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejfms.124.72     Document Type: Article

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