THEMIS analysis of observed equatorial electron distributions responsible for the chorus excitation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Li, W ^a   Thorne, R M ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a,b   Bortnik, J ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^c   McFadden, J P ^d   Larson, D E ^d   Bonnell, J W ^d   Le Contel, O ^e   Roux, A ^e   Auster, U ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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EID: 77954039480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014845     Document Type: Article

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