Proton cyclotron echoes and a new resonance observed by the Radio Plasma Imager instrument on the IMAGE satellite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Carpenter, D L ^a   Bell, T F ^a   Chen, D ^a   Ng, D ^a   Baran, C ^a   Reinisch, B W ^b   Galkin, I ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 35349013649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012139     Document Type: Article

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