Scattering of VLF from an experimentally described sprite

✍ Scribed by Craig J. Rodger; James R. Wait; Richard L. Dowden

• Book ID: 104407768
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 220 KB
• Volume: 60
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1364-6826
• DOI: 10.1016/s1364-6826(98)00038-8

✦ Synopsis

In an accompanying paper\ Rodger et al[ "0887# modelled a red sprite as a set of thin columns "{spritelets|#[ By examining a semi!random distribution of coupled spritelets\ they showed that the scattered _eld from a VLF radio transmitter has a complex amplitude pattern with deep minima\ and sometimes produces backscattering with similar amplitudes to forward scatter[ In this special issue\ Wescott et al[ "0887# have presented the positions of the columns in a sprite event determined by 2D triangulation[ Using this distribution of columns and with speci_c reference to the radio physics observations during Sprites campaigns\ we show that the conclusions arrived at using a semi!random distribution of columns holds for the experimentally determined distribution[ Þ 0887 Elsevier Science Ltd[ All rights reserved[