Signatures for magnetospheric substorms in the geomagnetic field of dayside equatorial region: Origin of the ionospheric component

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Sastri, J Hanumath ^a,c   Kamide, Y ^a   Yumoto, K ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Equatorial geomagnetic field; High latitude low latitude coupling; Substorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845759181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009962     Document Type: Article

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