Whistler observations of the plasmasphere/plasmapause from stations of the British Antarctic Survey

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1149-1156

  Smith, A J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Plasmapause; Plasmasphere; Whistlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040485185     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00219-4     Document Type: Article

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