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Samara et al. 2004
Samara, M., LaBelle, J., Kletzing, C.A. and Bounds, S.R. (2004). Rocket observations of structured upper hybrid waves at fuh = 2fce. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL021043. issn: 0094-8276.

The HIgh Bandwidth Auroral Rocket (HIBAR), launched into active pre-midnight aurora, encountered two bursts of 2--10 mV/m upper hybrid waves just below fuh = 2fce at approximately 377 and 390 km altitude. These waves occur in association with a density shoulder and enhancement, respectively. The waves show several bands of frequency structure with 4--8 kHz spacings and, within these, bands of frequency sub structure with 1--2 kHz spacings. At the time of the waves, the measured electron distribution indicates wave instability for frequencies 1--1.2% percent below the electron cyclotron harmonic. These results agree qualitatively with theoretical work predicting banded structure associated with upper hybrid waves trapped in density enhancements.

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Ionosphere, Auroral ionosphere, Ionosphere, Electric fields, Ionosphere, Wave/particle interactions, Magnetospheric Physics, Auroral phenomena, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities
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Geophysical Research Letters
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