Attenuation of whistler waves through conversion to lower hybrid waves in the low-altitude ionosphere
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Numerical study of mode conversion between lower hybrid and whistler waves on short-scale density striations
[1] We present a theoretical and numerical study of linear mode conversion of lower hybrid waves interacting with short-scale density striations in the Earth’s ionosphere. The efficiency of the conversion process is investigated for different sets of parameters such as the angle of incidence, the wavelength of the lower hybrid wave, and the size of the striation. It is found that the most effic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/2011ja017339