Computer simulation of chorus wave generation in the Earth's inner magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Katoh, Yuto ^a,b   Omura, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

ANISOTROPIC VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; CHORUS WAVE GENERATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC THERMAL NOISE; NARROWBAND EMISSION WITH NEGATIVE FREQUENCY GRADIENT (NEWNFG);

GEOMAGNETISM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MODELING; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548019985     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028594     Document Type: Article

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