Ground-based evidence of latitude-dependent cyclotron absorption of whistler mode signals originating from VLF transmitters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 101, Issue A2, 1996, Pages 2355-2367

  Clilverd, Mark A ^a   Horne, Richard B ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0344893141     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JA03153     Document Type: Article

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