Role of the plasmapause in dictating the ground accessibility of ELF/VLF chorus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Golden, D I ^a   Spasojevic, M ^a   Foust, F R ^a   Lehtinen, N G ^a   Meredith, N P ^b   Inan, U S ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 78649520206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015955     Document Type: Article

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