Three-dimensional ray tracing of VLF waves in a magnetospheric environment containing a plasmaspheric plume

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Lunjin ^a   Bortnik, Jacob ^a   Thorne, Richard M ^a   Horne, Richard B ^b   Jordanova, Vania K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY GRADIENTS; DUSK SECTOR; PLASMASPHERE; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; WHISTLER-MODE CHORUS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

AZIMUTH; DENSITY; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; RAY TRACING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 72049083455     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040451     Document Type: Article

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