Equatorial disturbance dynamo electric field longitudinal structure and spread F: A case study from GUARA/EITS campaigns

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1707-1710

  Abdu, M A ^a   Sastri, J H ^b   MacDougall, J ^c   Batista, I S ^a   Sobral, J H A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOMETERS;

DIGISONDES; DISTURBANCE DYNAMO ELECTRIC FIELDS; LOW LATITUDES; NEUTRAL WINDS; PROMPT PENETRATION; SPREAD F; STABILIZING EFFECTS; SUBSTORM ACTIVITY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOPHYSICS;

DIGISONDES; EQUATORIAL DISTURBANCE DYNAMO; IONOSONDES; LONGITUDINAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031177535     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01465     Document Type: Article

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