Free energy sources and frequency bandwidth for the auroral kilometric radiation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 10317-10326

  Pritchett, P L ^a   Strangeway, R J ^b   Carlson, C W ^c   Ergun, R E ^c   McFadden, J P ^c   Delory, G T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 20044383962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900179     Document Type: Article

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