Nonlinear interaction of energetic electrons with large amplitude chorus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Bortnik, J ^a   Thorne, R M ^a   Inan, U S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVE BEHAVIORS; DISLOCATION EFFECTS; ENERGETIC ELECTRONS; ENERGIZATION; HIGH LATITUDES; LARGE AMPLITUDES; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; LOW AMPLITUDES; MONOTONIC DECREASE; NON-LINEAR INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR PHASE; PARTICLE LOSS; WAVE ELEMENTS;

ATOMS;

AMPLITUDE; ELECTRON DENSITY; SCATTERING;

EID: 58849102993     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035500     Document Type: Article

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