Equatorial electrojet studies from rocket and ground measurements

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-120

  Chandra, H ^a   Sinha, H S S ^a   Rastogi, R G ^a,b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034103743     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351619     Document Type: Article

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