Z-mode sounding within propagation "cavities" and other inner magnetospheric regions by the RPI instrument on the IMAGE satellite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Carpenter, D L ^a,f   Bell, T F ^a,f   Inan, U S ^a,f   Benson, R F ^b   Sonwalkar, V S ^c   Reinisch, B W ^d   Gallagher, D L ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo inversion; IMAGE satellite; Wave ducting; Z mode propagation; Z mode sounding; Z mode trapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444257826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010025     Document Type: Article

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