Enhanced ELF wave generation efficiency using 'O' mode HF heating

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1403-1406

  Barr, Richard ^a   Stubbe, P ^b   Rietveld, M T ^b   Nielsen, E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

HIGH FREQUENCY WAVE RADIATION; MULTIPLE FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HEATING;

FUNDAMENTAL CURRENT; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; HARMONIC CURRENTS; MODE-SWITCHING; PARAMETRIC INSTABILITIES; WAVE EXCITATION; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE POLARIZATIONS;

EID: 0031166597     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01185     Document Type: Article

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