A comparative study of atmospheric Maxwell current and electric field from a low latitude station, Tirunelveli

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 697-703

  Panneerselvam, C ^a   Nair, K U ^a   Jeeva, K ^a   Selvaraj, C ^a   Gurubaran, S ^a   Rajaram, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Air earth current; Electric field; Fairweather day; Global electric circuit; Maxwell current; Sunrise effect

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD;

EID: 20544467822     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352476     Document Type: Article

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