Electron scattering by whistler-mode ELF hiss in plasmaspheric plumes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Summers, Danny ^a   Ni, Binbin ^a   Meredith, Nigel P ^b   Horne, Richard B ^b   Thorne, Richard M ^c   Moldwin, Mark B ^d   Anderson, Roger R ^e  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 46749084221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012678     Document Type: Article

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