High-latitude pump-induced optical emissions for frequencies close to the third electron gyro-harmonic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Kosch, M J ^a,e   Rietveld, M T ^b   Kavanagh, A J ^a,c   Davis, C ^c   Yeoman, T K ^d   Honary, F ^a   Hagfors, T ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRONS; F REGION; GYROSCOPES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HOLOGRAPHY; IONOSPHERE; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTONS; RADAR; TURBULENCE;

ACCELERATED ELECTRONS; COHERENT RADAR; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; HARMONIC FREQUENCY; HIGH LATITUDES; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; RADAR BACKSCATTER;

PUMPS;

EID: 0036950882     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015744     Document Type: Article

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