Formation of VLF chorus frequency spectrum: Cluster data and comparison with the backward wave oscillator model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Trakhtengerts, V Y ^a   Demekhov, Andrei G ^a   Titova, E E ^b   Kozelov, B V ^b   Santolik, Ondrej ^c,d   Macusova, Eva ^c,d   Gurnett, D ^e   Pickett, J S ^e   Rycroft, Michael J ^f   Nunn, D ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f CAESAR Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATOR MODEL; FREQUENCY SPECTRUM; RESONANT ELECTRONS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION;

EID: 34548013320     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027953     Document Type: Article

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