Ionospheric Alfvén resonator revisited: Feedback instability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25813-25824

  Pokhotelov, Oleg A ^a   Khruschev, V ^a   Parrot, M ^b   Senchenkov, S ^a   Pavlenko, V P ^c  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 39449102933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000450     Document Type: Article

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