Observation of continuum radiations from the Cluster fleet: First results from direction finding

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2607-2624

  Decreau P M E ^a   Ducoin, C ^a   Le Rouzic, G ^a   Randriamboarison, O ^a   Rauch, J L ^a   Trotignon, J G ^a   Vallieres X ^a   Canu, P ^b   Darrouzet, F ^c   Gough, M P ^d   Buckley, A M ^d   Carozzi, T D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (plasmasphere); Space plasma physics (instruments and techniques, radiation processes)

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 4344563120     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2607-2004     Document Type: Article

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