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Filbert & Kellogg 1989
Filbert, P.C. and Kellogg, P.J. (1989). Observations of low-frequency radio emissions in the Earth’s magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 94: doi: 10.1029/89JA00168. issn: 0148-0227.

A study is made of electromagnetic radiation in the Earth's magnetosphere in the frequency range between 10 kHz nd 80 kHz using data from the University of Minnesota Plasma Wave Experiment aboard the IMP 6 satellite. Two types of radio emissions are investigated. First is the nonthermal continuum radiation, and its is found that discrete enhancements above ambient levels are correlated with enhancements of the magnetic substorm index AE and appear to follow the onset of the negative bay feature of the AU index by about 20 min or so. The directions of these discrete source regions of continuum radiation are measured as a function of time, and movement of the source region in a dusk-to-dawn direction is directly observed. This drift motion is used to measure the energy of the generating electrons by a time of-of-flight method, ansd a range between 10 keV and 50 keV is found in agreement with previous studies. A second type of radiation is also observed which correlates with auroral kilometric radiation (AKR) on time scale of ~1 min. This radiation lies between 10 and 60 kHz with a spectral peak near 30 kHz and is found to have a source direction very near that of the coincident AKR. The lower frequency of the spectral peak, in conjunction with the analysis of the spin-modulated wave data, suggests a source location at a higher elevation than the higher-frequency AKR indicating a source altitude of roughly 3 Earth radii. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1989

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Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities, Magnetospheric Physics, Storms and substorms, Space Plasma Physics, Waves and instabilities, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy, Radio emissions
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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