New results of investigations of whistler-mode chorus emissions

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 621-630

  Santolik O ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NONLINEAR WAVE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 50849137831     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-621-2008     Document Type: Article

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