How to determine the thermal electron density and the magnetic field strength from the Cluster/Whisper observations around the Earth

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART II, 2001, Pages 1711-1720

  Trotignon, J G ^a   Decreau P M E ^a   Rauch, J L ^a   Randriamboarison, O ^a   Krasnoselskikh, V ^a   Canu, P ^b   Alleyne, H ^c   Yearby, K ^c   Le Guirriec, E ^a   Seran H C ^a   Sene F X ^a   Martin, Ph ^a   Leveque M ^a   Fergeau, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (plasma waves and instabilities); Space plasma physics (active perturbation experiments; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

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EID: 6444245230     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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