Variation of Sq focus latitudes in the Australian/Pacific region during a quiet sun year

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 734-740

  Stening, Robert ^a   Reztsova, Tamara ^a   Huy Minh, Le ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Equatorial electrojet; Ionospheric electric currents; Sq

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; FOCUS LATITUDES; QUIET SUN YEAR;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 33947699400     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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