Storm time, short-lived bursts of relativistic electron precipitation detected by subionospheric radio wave propagation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Rodger, Craig J ^a   Clilverd, Mark A ^b   Nunn, David ^c   Verronen, Pekka T ^d   Bortnik, Jacob ^e   Turunen, Esa ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 34548595684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012347     Document Type: Article

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