A study of transient variations in the Earth's electromagnetic field at equatorial electrojet latitudes in western Africa (Mali and the Ivory Coast)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 677-697

  Vassal, J ^a,e   Menvielle, M ^b,e   Cohen, Y ^c   Dukhan, M ^a   Doumouya, V ^d   Boka, K ^d   Fambitakoye, O ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics (Transient and time domain); Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism (geomagnetic induction); Ionosphere (equatorial ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542445139     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0677-6     Document Type: Article

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