Antony Fraser-Smith
Professor (Research) of Electrical Engineering and of Geophysics, Emeritus
Bio
Fraser-Smith's research focuses on the use of low frequency electromagnetic fields, both as a means of probing (1) the interior of the earth, and (2) the space environment near the earth, as well as for communicating with, and detecting, objects submerged in the sea or buried in the earth, and for detecting changes taking place in the Earth and the near-Earth space environment.
Administrative Appointments
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Associate Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering (1996 - 2000)
Honors & Awards
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Antarctica Service Medal of the United States, United States (1984)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Chair, Russian Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Study, Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission (1995 - 1997)
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Fellow, Institute of Physics, London (1969 - Present)
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Fellow, Geological Society of America (1998 - Present)
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Life Member, American Physical Society (1968 - Present)
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Member, American Geophysical Union (1974 - Present)
2023-24 Courses
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Independent Studies (8)
- Directed Research and Writing in Aero/Astro
AA 190 (Sum) - Independent Study in Aero/Astro
AA 199 (Sum) - Master's Thesis and Thesis Research
EE 300 (Aut) - Special Studies and Reports in Electrical Engineering
EE 191 (Aut) - Special Studies and Reports in Electrical Engineering
EE 391 (Aut, Win) - Special Studies and Reports in Electrical Engineering (WIM)
EE 191W (Aut) - Special Studies or Projects in Electrical Engineering
EE 190 (Aut) - Special Studies or Projects in Electrical Engineering
EE 390 (Aut)
- Directed Research and Writing in Aero/Astro
All Publications
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Single-Station Lightning Location Using Azimuth and Time of Arrival of Sferics
RADIO SCIENCE
2020; 55 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2018RS006627
View details for Web of Science ID 000519119900012
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An Update on the Centered and Eccentric Geomagnetic Dipoles and Their Poles for the Years 1980-2015
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
2017; 4 (10): 626–36
View details for DOI 10.1002/2017EA000280
View details for Web of Science ID 000419693500001
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The ULF magnetic fields generated by thunderstorms: A source of ULF geomagnetic pulsations?
RADIO SCIENCE
2014; 49 (12): 1162-1170
View details for DOI 10.1002/2014RS005566
View details for Web of Science ID 000348637600003
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The Earth's electromagnetic environment
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2011; 38
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011GL049572
View details for Web of Science ID 000297022000004
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Comment on "Natural magnetic disturbance fields, not precursors, preceding the Loma Prieta earthquake" by Wallace H. Campbell
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
2011; 116
View details for DOI 10.1029/2010JA016379
View details for Web of Science ID 000294620900001
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World coverage for single station lightning detection
RADIO SCIENCE
2011; 46
View details for DOI 10.1029/2010RS004600
View details for Web of Science ID 000291108500001
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Lightning location using the slow tails of sferics
RADIO SCIENCE
2010; 45
View details for DOI 10.1029/2010RS004405
View details for Web of Science ID 000285011600001
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The effective antenna noise figure F-a for a vertical loop antenna and its application to extremely low frequency/very low frequency atmospheric noise
RADIO SCIENCE
2007; 42 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2005RS003387
View details for Web of Science ID 000249035900001
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The planetary rate of sprite events
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2006; 33 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2005GL025502
View details for Web of Science ID 000238217800002
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A Clustering Poisson model for characterizing the interarrival times of sferics
RADIO SCIENCE
2003; 38 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2002RS002693
View details for Web of Science ID 000184870800002
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Ultra-low frequency electromagnetic measurements associated with the 1998 M-w 5.1 San Juan Bautista, California earthquake and implications for mechanisms of electromagnetic earthquake precursors
TECTONOPHYSICS
2002; 359 (1-2): 65-79
View details for Web of Science ID 000179278600004
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Global ionospheric D-layer height monitoring
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS
2002; 59 (4): 626-632
View details for Web of Science ID 000177714800023
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Analysis of ultralow-frequency electromagnetic field measurements associated with the 1999 M 7.1 Hector Mine, California, earthquake sequence
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
2002; 92 (4): 1513-1524
View details for Web of Science ID 000177016500028
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Modal phenomena in the natural electromagnetic spectrum below 5 kHz
RADIO SCIENCE
2001; 36 (3): 499-506
View details for Web of Science ID 000168781500009
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Detection of transients in 1/f noise with the undecimated discrete wavelet transform
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING
2000; 48 (5): 1458-1462
View details for Web of Science ID 000086994500022
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The manifestation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in global deep convection and in the Schumann resonance intensity
JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
2000; 57 (8): 1029-1044
View details for Web of Science ID 000086591900003
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A comparison of low-frequency radio noise amplitude probability distribution models
RADIO SCIENCE
2000; 35 (1): 195-208
View details for Web of Science ID 000085161000015
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On the hourly contribution of global cloud-to-ground lightning activity to the atmospheric electric field in the Antarctic during December 1992
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS
1999; 61 (10): 745-750
View details for Web of Science ID 000082698500003
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An undecimated wavelet transform based detector for transients in 1/f noise
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 99)
IEEE. 1999: 1185–1188
View details for Web of Science ID 000079690700297
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Ultra-slow tails of sprite-associated lightning flashes
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1998; 25 (18): 3497-3500
View details for Web of Science ID 000075900100029
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Reception of ELF signals at antipodal distances
RADIO SCIENCE
1998; 33 (1): 83-88
View details for Web of Science ID 000072073400008
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Identification and removal of man-made transients from geomagnetic array time series: A wavelet transform based approach
32nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
IEEE. 1998: 1363–1367
View details for Web of Science ID 000078743600257
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Global lightning and climate variability inferred from ELF magnetic field variations
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1997; 24 (19): 2411-2414
View details for Web of Science ID A1997XZ21200016
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The manifestation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in global deep convection and in the Schumann resonance intensity
22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. 1997: 227–231
View details for Web of Science ID A1997BK02K00107
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Further evidence for a global correlation of the Earth-ionosphere cavity resonances
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1996; 23 (20): 2773-2776
View details for Web of Science ID A1996VL37000015
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Seasonal variations of globally measured ELF/VLF radio noise
RADIO SCIENCE
1996; 31 (5): 1141-1152
View details for Web of Science ID A1996VK77200013
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VLF WAVE EXPERIMENTS IN-SPACE USING A MODULATED ELECTRON-BEAM
JOURNAL OF SPACECRAFT AND ROCKETS
1995; 32 (4): 670-679
View details for Web of Science ID A1995RP01600014
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ULTRA-LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC-FIELD MEASUREMENTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DURING THE NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE OF 17 JANUARY 1994
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1994; 21 (20): 2195-2198
View details for Web of Science ID A1994PK06300004
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GROUND-BASED VLF MEASUREMENTS DURING PULSED ELECTRON-BEAM EMISSIONS IN THE IONOSPHERE
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
1993; 13 (10): 99-102
View details for Web of Science ID A1993ML87400013
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A SEARCH FOR ELF VLF EMISSIONS INDUCED BY EARTHQUAKES AS OBSERVED IN THE IONOSPHERE BY THE DE-2 SATELLITE
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
1993; 98 (A6): 9503-9514
View details for Web of Science ID A1993LG05800034
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COMPARISON OF ULTRA-LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS WITH AFTERSHOCK ACTIVITY DURING THE 1989 LOMA-PRIETA EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
1993; 83 (2): 347-357
View details for Web of Science ID A1993KT73600003
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ULF MAGNETIC-FIELDS GENERATED BY ELECTRICAL STORMS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO GEOMAGNETIC PULSATION GENERATION
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1993; 20 (6): 467-470
View details for Web of Science ID A1993KU90800014
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RESULTS OF ULF MAGNETIC-FIELD MEASUREMENTS NEAR THE EPICENTERS OF THE SPITAK (M=6.9) AND THE LOMA-PRIETA (M=7.1) EARTHQUAKES - COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS
1st Annual Workshop of the Geophysical Technology Transfer Initiative on Russian Airborne Geophysics and Remote Sensing
SPIE - INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 1993: 317–329
View details for Web of Science ID A1993BA07Z00031
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GROUND-BASED VLF MEASUREMENTS DURING PULSED ELECTRON-BEAM EMISSIONS IN THE IONOSPHERE
TOPICAL MEETING OF COSPAR-INTERDISCIPLINARY-SCIENTIFIC-COMMISSION : SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS, AT THE COSPAR 29TH PLENARY MEETING
PERGAMON PRESS LTD. 1993: 99–102
View details for Web of Science ID A1993BZ36Z00013
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THE NATURAL BACKGROUND LEVELS OF 50/60 HZ RADIO NOISE
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
1992; 34 (3): 330-337
View details for Web of Science ID A1992KX60500009
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RESULTS OF ULF MAGNETIC-FIELD MEASUREMENTS NEAR THE EPICENTERS OF THE SPITAK (M(S) = 6.9) AND LOMA-PRIETA (M(S) = 7.1) EARTHQUAKES - COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1992; 19 (14): 1495-1498
View details for Web of Science ID A1992JG91400020
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GROUND-LEVEL SIGNAL STRENGTH OF ELECTROMAGNETIC-WAVES GENERATED BY PULSED ELECTRON-BEAMS IN SPACE
PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
1991; 39 (11): 1527-1535
View details for Web of Science ID A1991GV33900005
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ULF MAGNETIC-FIELD MEASUREMENTS NEAR THE EPICENTER OF THE MS7.1 LOMA-PRIETA EARTHQUAKE
PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS
1991; 68 (1-2): 45-63
View details for Web of Science ID A1991GD31100005
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OBSERVATIONS OF PLASMA-WAVE TURBULENCE GENERATED AROUND LARGE IONOSPHERIC SPACECRAFT - EFFECTS OF MOTIONALLY INDUCED EMF AND OF ELECTRON-BEAM EMISSION
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
1991; 96 (A6): 9639-9654
View details for Web of Science ID A1991FV65100020
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BACKGROUND MAGNETIC SPECTRA - APPROXIMATELY 10(-5) TO APPROXIMATELY 10(5) HZ
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1990; 17 (10): 1593-1596
View details for Web of Science ID A1990EA42800031
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LOW-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC-FIELD MEASUREMENTS NEAR THE EPICENTER OF THE MS-7.1 LOMA-PRIETA EARTHQUAKE
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1990; 17 (9): 1465-1468
View details for Web of Science ID A1990DU47200058
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THE INTERACTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL ELECTRON-BEAM WITH THE EARTHS UPPER-ATMOSPHERE - EFFECTS ON SPACECRAFT CHARGING AND THE NEAR-PLASMA ENVIRONMENT
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
1990; 95 (A8): 12209-12217
View details for Web of Science ID A1990DT26600025
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FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERFERENCE MINIMUMS IN THE LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS PRODUCED BY A SUBMERGED VERTICAL MAGNETIC DIPOLE
RADIO SCIENCE
1990; 25 (4): 339-347
View details for Web of Science ID A1990DU97700005
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VLF WAVE EMISSIONS BY PULSED AND DC ELECTRON-BEAMS IN SPACE .1. SPACELAB-2 OBSERVATIONS
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
1988; 93 (A12): 14699-?
View details for Web of Science ID A1988R466100038
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SEABED PROPAGATION OF ULF/ELF ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS FROM HARMONIC DIPOLE SOURCES LOCATED ON THE SEAFLOOR
RADIO SCIENCE
1988; 23 (6): 931-943
View details for Web of Science ID A1988R833600007
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VLF WAVE STIMULATION BY PULSED ELECTRON-BEAMS INJECTED FROM THE SPACE-SHUTTLE
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
1988; 93 (A1): 162-174
View details for Web of Science ID A1988L864100014
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LARGE-AMPLITUDE CHANGES INDUCED BY A SEABED IN THE SUB-LF ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS PRODUCED IN, ON, AND ABOVE THE SEA BY HARMONIC DIPOLE SOURCES
RADIO SCIENCE
1987; 22 (4): 567-577
View details for Web of Science ID A1987J181600013
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CENTERED AND ECCENTRIC GEOMAGNETIC DIPOLES AND THEIR POLES, 1600-1985
REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS
1987; 25 (1): 1-16
View details for Web of Science ID A1987G564400001
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ULF ELF ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS GENERATED ALONG THE SEA-FLOOR INTERFACE BY A STRAIGHT CURRENT SOURCE OF INFINITE LENGTH
RADIO SCIENCE
1986; 21 (3): 409-420
View details for Web of Science ID A1986C848100016
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ULF ELF ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS PRODUCED IN A CONDUCTING MEDIUM OF INFINITE EXTENT BY A LINEAR CURRENT SOURCE OF FINITE LENGTH
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
1985; 33 (12): 1363-1369
View details for Web of Science ID A1985AXJ4400009
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ULF/ELF ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS PRODUCED IN A CONDUCTING MEDIUM OF INFINITE EXTENT BY LINEAR CURRENT SOURCES OF INFINITE LENGTH
RADIO SCIENCE
1983; 18 (6): 1383-1392
View details for Web of Science ID A1983RS05500057
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ULF LOWER-ELF ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD MEASUREMENTS IN THE POLAR CAPS
REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS
1982; 20 (3): 497-512
View details for Web of Science ID A1982PA94800007
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IS THERE AN INCREASE OF GEOMAGNETIC-ACTIVITY PRECEDING TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSES
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
1982; 87 (NA2): 895-898
View details for Web of Science ID A1982NB79900028
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GENERATION OF ACOUSTIC-WAVES BY HARMONIC ELECTRIC-CURRENT SHEETS IN THE SEA
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
1981; 69 (4): 970-973
View details for Web of Science ID A1981LK63600012
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LONG-TERM PREDICTIONS OF PC-1 GEOMAGNETIC-PULSATIONS - COMPARISON WITH OBSERVATIONS
PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
1981; 29 (7): 715-719
View details for Web of Science ID A1981LY64000001
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SHORT-TERM PREDICTION AND A NEW METHOD OF CLASSIFICATION OF PC 1 PULSATION OCCURRENCES
PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
1980; 28 (7): 739-747
View details for Web of Science ID A1980KE55200009
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STIMULATION OF PC-1 GEOMAGNETIC-PULSATIONS BY NATURALLY-OCCURRING REPETITIVE VLF ACTIVITY
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1980; 7 (10): 851-853
View details for Web of Science ID A1980KM94000032
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PENINSULA METHOD OF ULF SIGNAL GENERATION
NATURE
1980; 286 (5770): 242-243
View details for Web of Science ID A1980JZ56900032
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CORRELATION BETWEEN LAMBDA-4278-A OPTICAL-EMISSIONS AND A PC-1 PEARL EVENT OBSERVED AT SIPLE STATION, ANTARCTICA
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
1980; 85 (NA3): 1194-1202
View details for Web of Science ID A1980JN71700005
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ELF SFERIC OCCURRENCES IN THE ANTARCTIC DURING A SOLAR PROTON EVENT - CASE-STUDY OF OCCURRENCES AT BYRD-STATION DURING THE EVENT OF JUNE 9, 1968
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
1980; 85 (NA5): 2296-2306
View details for Web of Science ID A1980JU41300036
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ULF-ELF ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS GENERATED ABOVE A SEA OF FINITE DEPTH BY A SUBMERGED VERTICALLY-DIRECTED HARMONIC MAGNETIC DIPOLE
RADIO SCIENCE
1979; 14 (1): 59-74
View details for Web of Science ID A1979GK04400009
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WEEKEND INCREASE IN GEOMAGNETIC-ACTIVITY
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
1979; 84 (NA5): 2089-2096
View details for Web of Science ID A1979GW49600029
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LARGE-AMPLITUDE ULF MAGNETIC-FIELDS PRODUCED BY A RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM - CLOSE-RANGE MEASUREMENTS
RADIO SCIENCE
1979; 14 (6): 1011-1015
View details for Web of Science ID A1979HY76000009
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ULF-ELF ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS GENERATED IN A SEA OF FINITE DEPTH BY A SUBMERGED VERTICALLY-DIRECTED HARMONIC MAGNETIC DIPOLE
RADIO SCIENCE
1978; 13 (6): 1011-1020
View details for Web of Science ID A1978GD37400012
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ULF TREE POTENTIALS AND GEOMAGNETIC PULSATIONS
NATURE
1978; 271 (5646): 641-642
View details for Web of Science ID A1978EL83700036
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LARGE-AMPLITUDE ULF ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS FROM BART
RADIO SCIENCE
1978; 13 (4): 661-668
View details for Web of Science ID A1978FH60300006
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CHEVRON FREQUENCY STRUCTURE IN PC-1 GEOMAGNETIC PULSATIONS
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1977; 4 (1): 53-56
View details for Web of Science ID A1977CT99400015
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PREDOMINANCE OF EVEN AP-INDICES
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1976; 3 (2): 91-92
View details for Web of Science ID A1976BG97100012
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ULF-ELF MAGNETIC-FIELDS GENERATED AT SEA-SURFACE BY SUBMERGED MAGNETIC DIPOLES
RADIO SCIENCE
1976; 11 (11): 901-913
View details for Web of Science ID A1976CM69300007
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INITIAL OBSERVATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL STIMULATION OF ULF PULSATIONS BY PULSED VLF TRANSMISSIONS
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
1975; 2 (4): 146-149
View details for Web of Science ID A1975W244100008
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LONG-TERM PREDICTION OF PC1 GEOMAGNETIC PULSATION OCCURRENCES
PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
1975; 23 (3): 431-436
View details for Web of Science ID A1975V933000005
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CONTROLLED ARTIFICIAL GENERATION OF GEOMAGNETIC PULSATIONS
NATURE
1975; 258 (5533): 311-313
View details for Web of Science ID A1975AX37700028
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SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETOMETER MEASUREMENTS OF GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY IN 0.1- TO 14-HZ FREQUENCY RANGE
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
1975; 80 (22): 3141-3147
View details for Web of Science ID A1975AN00900011
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EFFECT OF CONDUCTING EARTH ON MICROPULSATION-GENERATING CAPABILITY OF A GROUND-BASED CURRENT LOOP
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH
1974; 79 (7): 1038-1045
View details for Web of Science ID A1974S518100019