Propagation of whistler-mode chorus to low altitudes: Divergent ray trajectories and ground accessibility

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3727-3738

  Chum, J ^a   Santolik O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Wave propagation); Magnetospheric physics (Waves in plasma); Space plasma physics (Wave particle interactions, Waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRAJECTORY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 30744439561     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3727-2005     Document Type: Article

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