Nonlinear mechanisms of lower-band and upper-band VLF chorus emissions in the magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Omura, Yoshiharu ^a   Hikishima, Mitsuru ^a,b   Katoh, Yuto ^a,c   Summers, Danny ^a,d,e   Yagitani, Satoshi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

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EID: 72649106467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014206     Document Type: Article

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