Oblique propagation of whistler mode waves in the chorus source region A00F03

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Santolik O ^a,c   Gurnett, D A ^d   Pickett, J S ^d   Chum, J ^c   Cornilleau Wehrlin, N ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 77954332654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014586     Document Type: Article

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