What are the influences of solar eclipses on the equatorial electrojet?

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1497-1511

  Tomas A T ^a   Luhr H ^a   Rother, M ^a   Manoj, C ^b   Olsen, N ^c   Watari, S ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equatorial electrojet response; Equatorial ionosphere; Ionospheric disturbances; Solar eclipse

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

DAY TO DAY VARIABILITY; ECLIPSE (CO); ELSEVIER (CO); FIELD MEASUREMENTS; GROUND BASED OBSERVATIONS; MAGNETIC (CE); SOLAR ECLIPSES;

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 48149090712     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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