A study of local time and longitudinal variability of the amplitude of the equatorial electrojet observed in POGO satellite data

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 373-381

  Kim, H R ^a,b   King, Scott D ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE;

EID: 0033429551     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352241     Document Type: Article

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