Lightning-generated whistler waves observed by probes on the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast System satellite at low latitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Holzworth, R H ^a   McCarthy, M P ^a   Pfaff, R F ^b   Jacobson, A R ^a   Willcockson, W L ^a   Rowland, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 79956266340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016198     Document Type: Article

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