Mass density inferred from toroidal wave frequencies and its comparison to electron density

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Takahashi, Kazue ^a   Denton, Richard E ^b   Anderson, Roger R ^c   Hughes, W Jeffrey ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

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EID: 33947707349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011286     Document Type: Article

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