Unusual early morning development of the equatorial anomaly in the Brazilian sector during the Halloween magnetic storm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Batista, Inez S ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   Souza, J R ^a   Bertoni, F ^a,b   Matsuoka, M T ^c,d   Camargo, P O ^c   Bailey, G J ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847797057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011428     Document Type: Article

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