Evidence for short spatial correlation lengths of the noontime equatorial electrojet inferred from a comparison of satellite and ground magnetic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Manoj, C ^a   Luhr H ^b   Maus, S ^c   Nagarajan, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 33947500779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011855     Document Type: Article

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