A new mechanism of whistler wave generation by Amplitude modulated HF waves in the polar electrojet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1677-1680

  Kuo, S P ^a   Koretzky, E ^a,c   Lee, M C ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FREQUENCIES; IONOSPHERE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AMPLITUDE MODULATED HIGH FREQUENCY WAVES; FIELD PERPENDICULAR DENSITY IRREGULARITIES; POLAR ELECTROJET; WHISTLER WAVES;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0033563584     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900356     Document Type: Article

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