Modeling of field-aligned guided echoes in the plasmasphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A1, 2005, Pages

  Fung, Shing F ^a   Green, James L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33747032051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010658     Document Type: Article

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