Longitudinal dependence of middle and low latitude zonal plasma drifts measured by DE-2

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2551-2559

  Jensen, J W ^a   Fejer, B G ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFT BEHAVIOR; E REGION; GEOMAGNETISM; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY;

EID: 37749006546     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-2551-2007     Document Type: Article

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