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Chaturvedi 1976
Chaturvedi, P.K. (1976). Collisional ion cyclotron waves in the auroral ionosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 81: doi: 10.1029/JA081i034p06169. issn: 0148-0227.

A nearly field-aligned current-driven ion cyclotron wave traveling obliquely to the earth's magnetic field becomes unstable in the auroral ionosphere owing to dissipative effects. Its relevance with regard to some recent observations of auroral irregularities is discussed.

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