Evidence for the resonator of inertial Alfvén waves in the cusp topside ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A7, 2005, Pages

  Hirano, Yumi ^a   Fukunishi, Hiroshi ^a   Kataoka, Ryuho ^a,b   Hasunuma, Tomoyuki ^a   Nagatsuma, Tsutomu ^b   Miyake, Wataru ^b   Matsuoka, Ayako ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 33746332638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010329     Document Type: Article

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