Evaluation of whistler-mode chorus intensification on the nightside during an injection event observed on the THEMIS spacecraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Li, W ^a   Thorne, R M ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Bonnell, J W ^c   McFadden, J P ^c   Carlson, C W ^c   LeContel, O ^d   Roux, A ^d   Glassmeier, K H ^b   Auster, H U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

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EID: 77955184989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013554     Document Type: Article

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