Three-dimensional ray-tracing for very low latitude whistlers, taking into account the latitudinal and longitudinal gradients of the ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A8, 2000, Pages 18895-18900

  Ohta, Kenji ^a   Hayakawa, Masashi ^b  

^a CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

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EID: 39449133899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000270     Document Type: Article

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