Daily variations of geomagnetic HD and Z-field at equatorial latitudes

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 237-243

  Okeke, F N ^a   Hamano, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTROJET; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034101146     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351632     Document Type: Article

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