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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 48 Number 9, September 2000

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Scattering from an Ionized Column in the Earth-Ionosphere Space

James R. Wait

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Abstract:

An extension of an earlier paper [1] on this subject is hereby developed to allow for the generalization of the Born approximation to account for eddy currents in the column. Also, the relevance to VLF sprites is pointed out; these are ionized columns extending from the cloud tops to the lower ionosphere.

References

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  2. J. R. Wait, "VLF scattering from a column of ionisation in the earth-ionosphere waveguide", J. Atmosph. Terr. Phys., vol. 57, no. 8, pp.  955-959, Aug.  1995.
  3. J. R. Wait, Electromagnetic Waves in Stratified Media, New York: IEEE Press, 1995.
  4. D. D. Sentman and E. M. Westcott, "Red Sprites and blue jets: Thunderstorm excited optical emissions", Phys. Plasmas, vol. 2, no. 6, pp.  2414 -2522, 1995.
  5. C. J. Rodger, J. R. Wait and R. L. Dowden, "Electromagnetic scattering from a group of thin conducting cylinders", Radio Sci., vol. 32, no. 3, pp.  907-912, May  1997.