The ionospheric response over the UK to major bombing raids during World War II

• Published in: Annales geophysicae (1988) Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 1243 - 1254
• Main Authors: Scott, Christopher J., Major, Patrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 26.09.2018; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Analysis; Annual variations; Bombings; Bombs; Cloud-to-ground lightning; Digitization; Earth; Earth ionosphere; Energy; Explosions; Explosives; Explosives detection; F 2 region; F region; foF2; Geomagnetism; Heating; Ionosphere; Ionospheric measurements; Lightning; Measurement; Noon; Solar variability; Spacecraft; Stratospheric warming; Tectonics; Temperature dependence; Thermosphere; Thunderstorms; Tonnage; Tropospheric circulation; Variability; War; Wave energy; Wave power; Weather; Weather effects; World War II; United Kingdom > UK

The Earth's ionosphere is subject to disturbance from above (via solar variability and space-weather effects) and from below (such as tectonic activity, thunderstorms and sudden stratospheric warmings). Identifying the relative contribution of these effects remains challenging, despite recent a...