Observations of relativistic electron microbursts in association with VLF chorus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 6017-6027

  Lorentzen, K R ^a   Blake, J B ^a   Inan, U S ^b   Bortnik, J ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954910240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja003018     Document Type: Article

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