FAST observations of VLF waves in the auroral zone: Evidence of very low plasma densities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2065-2068

  Strangeway, R J ^a   Kepko, L ^a   Elphic, R C ^b   Carlson, C W ^c   Ergun, R E ^c   McFadden, J P ^c   Peria, W J ^c   Delory, G T ^c   Chaston, C C ^c   Temerin, M ^c   Cattell, C A ^d,h   Mobius E ^e,i   Kistler, L M ^e,i   Klumpar, D M ^f   Peterson, W K ^f   Shelley, E G ^f   Pfaff, R F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h University of Minnesota   (United States)

ⁱ University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

AURORAL KILOMETRIC RADIATION (AKR); FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT (FAST) SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 0032095373     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00664     Document Type: Article

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