Guided echoes in the magnetosphere: Observations by Radio Plasma Imager on IMAGE

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Fung, Shing F ^a   Benson, Robert F ^a   Carpenter, Donald L ^b   Green, James L ^a   Jayanti, Venku ^a   Galkin, Ivan A ^c   Reinisch, Bodo W ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; REFLECTION;

RADIO ECHO TRACES;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0041409736     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016531     Document Type: Article

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