Electric field measurements of directly converted lower hybrid waves at a density striation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 865-868

  Rosenberg, S ^a   Gekelman, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CONVERSION MECHANISM; LINEAR MODES; LOWER HYBRID WAVES; WHISTLER WAVES;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

CONVERTED LOWER HYBRID WAVES; FIELD ALIGNED DENSITY STRIATION;

EID: 0032027012     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00382     Document Type: Article

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