Effects of plasma density irregularities on the pitch angle scattering of radiation belt electrons by signals from ground based VLF transmitters

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Bell, T F ^a   Inan, U S ^a   Piddyachiy, D ^a   Kulkarni, P ^a   Parrot, M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA THEORY; PLASMAS; RADIATION BELTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

DENSITY IRREGULARITIES; ELECTROSTATIC WAVES; ENERGETIC ELECTRONS; GROUND BASED; PITCH ANGLES; PLASMASPHERE; RADIATION BELT ELECTRONS; TRANSMITTER SIGNALS; VLF SIGNALS; WAVE ENERGIES; WAVE INTENSITIES;

TRANSMITTERS;

ELECTRON DENSITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA; RADIATION BALANCE; SATELLITE DATA; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 57749206628     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034834     Document Type: Article

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