Generation of Bernstein waves by ion shell distributions in the auroral region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 881-891

  Janhunen, P ^a   Olsson, A ^b   Vaivads, A ^b   Peterson, W K ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral phenomena); Space plasma physics (numerical simulation studies; wave particle interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038793873     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-881-2003     Document Type: Article

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