Longitudinal dependence of the daily geomagnetic variation during quiet time

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  Le Sager, P ^a   Huang, T S ^a  

^a PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IGRF; Ionospheric dynamo; Sq

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244391537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009287     Document Type: Article

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