Whistler-mode wave-injection experiments in the plasmasphere with a radio sounder

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1199-1216

  Sonwalkar, V S ^a   Chen, X ^a   Harikumar, J ^a   Carpenter, D L ^b   Bell, T F ^b  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasmasphere; Wave injection; Whistler mode

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041079208     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00223-6     Document Type: Article

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