Solar activity dependence of geomagnetic field line resonance frequencies at low latitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Vellante, M ^a,b   Forster M ^c   Villante, U ^a,b   Zhang, T L ^d   Magnes, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Area di Ricerca in Astrogeofisica ^*  (Italy)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Institut fuer Weltraumforschung   (Austria)

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EID: 34547899618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011909     Document Type: Article

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