Verification of the backward wave oscillator model of VLF chorus generation using data from MAGION 5 satellite

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1073-1081

  Titova, E E ^a   Kozelov, B V ^a   Jiricek F ^b   Smilauer, J ^b   Demekhov, A G ^c   Trakhtengerts, V Yu ^c  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (VLF emissions, energetic particles); Space plasma physics (wave particle interactions)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0038647791     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1073-2003     Document Type: Article

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