Lower hybrid resonances stimulated by the four CLUSTER relaxation sounders deep inside the plasmasphere: Observations and inferred plasma characteristics

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2003-2018

  Kougblenou S ^a   Lointier, G ^a   Decrau P M E ^a   Trotignon, J G ^a   Rauch, J L ^a   Vallieres X ^a   Canu, P ^b   Masson, A ^c   Pickett, J ^d  

^a LPCE CNRS   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Plasmasphere; Plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; RESONANCE;

EID: 80855139213     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-2003-2011     Document Type: Article

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