A statistical survey of low-frequency electric field fluctuations around the dayside cusp/cleft region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Miyake, Wataru ^a   Matsuoka, Ayako ^b   Hirano, Yumi ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cusp; Electric field fluctuations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141609622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009265     Document Type: Article

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