Application of ionospheric topside-sounding results to magnetospheric physics and astrophysics

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 453-458

  Benson, Robert F ^a   Osherovich, Vladimir A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionospheric topside sounding; Magnetospheric radio emissions; Neutron star disk X ray spectra; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma resonances; Sounder stimulated plasma emissions

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASTROPHYSICS; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETOSPHERE; OSCILLATIONS; PLASMAS; SATELLITES; TELEMETERING;

PLASMA EMISSIONS; SOUNDER-STIMULATED ECHOES;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 1942474426     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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