Diffuse auroral electron scattering by electron cyclotron harmonic and whistler mode waves during an isolated substorm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A7, 2003, Pages

  Horne, R B ^a   Thorne, R M ^b   Meredith, N P ^c   Anderson, R R ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse aurora; ECH waves; Pitch angle diffusion; Substorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747145314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009736     Document Type: Article

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