Numerical simulation of the penetration and reflection of a whistler beam incident on the lower ionosphere at very low latitude

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1143-1149

  Wu, Xiang Yang ^a,b   Nagano, Isamu ^b   Bao, Zong Ti ^a   Shimbo, Tetsuya ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0038086829     PISSN: 00219169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9169(95)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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