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Calvert 1981
Calvert, W. (1981). The detetability of ducted echoes in the magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 86: doi: 10.1029/JA086iA03p01609. issn: 0148-0227.

Elongated plasma density irregularities in the magnetosphere could guide extraordinary mode waves from a satellite and produce detectable ducted echoes. The ducted waves are undamped and immune to spatial attenuation. For instance, a 10% depletion 100 km wide is sufficient for echoes 10-30 dB above nonthermal continuum, regardless of the distance. The remote measurement of plasma density and magnetic field structure in the magnetosphere would be practical using such echoes.

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