Measurements of short wavelength VLF bursts in the auroral ionosphere: A case for electromagnetic mode conversion?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1131-1134

  Delory, G T ^a   Ergun, R E ^a   Klementis, E M ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   McFadden, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; IONOSPHERE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PLASMA TURBULENCE; SOUNDING ROCKETS;

AURORAL IONOSPHERE; CROSS-SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODES; ELECTRON DENSITY IRREGULARITIES; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; SHORT-WAVELENGTH EMISSIONS; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA;

ATMOSPHERICS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

PACHYCEPHALIDAE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WHISTLERS; ELECTRON DENSITY TURBULENCE; VERY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROSTATIC BURSTS;

EID: 0031139905     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00989     Document Type: Article

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