Daytime equatorial geomagnetic H field response to the growth phase and expansion phase onset of isolated substorms: Case studies and their implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 29925-29933

  Sastri, J Hanumath ^a   Rao, J V S V ^a   Rao, D R K ^b   Pathan, B M ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

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EID: 39449127903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900120     Document Type: Article

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