PHAZE II observations of lower hybrid burst structures occurring on density gradients

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 3091-3094

  McAdams, K L ^a   Labelle, J ^a   Schuck, P W ^b   Kintner, P M ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID WAVES; BURST STRUCTURE; DENSITY FLUCTUATION; DENSITY GRADIENTS; LOWER HYBRID; LOWER HYBRID WAVES; PLASMA DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; SOLITARY STRUCTURES; WAVE COLLAPSE;

DENSITY; MEASUREMENT; PLASMA;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA WAVES; SOLITONS; LANGMUIR PROBES;

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 0032529778     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02424     Document Type: Article

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