Survey of upper band chorus and ECH waves: Implications for the diffuse aurora

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Meredith, Nigel P ^a   Horne, Richard B ^a   Thorne, Richard M ^b   Anderson, Roger R ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 72649084707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014230     Document Type: Article

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