A new index to monitor temporal and long-term variations of the equatorial electrojet by MAGDAS/CPMN real-time data: EE-index

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 785-790

  Uozumi, T ^a   Yumoto, K ^b   Kitamura, K ^a   Abe, S ^a   Kakinami, Y ^a   Shinohara, M ^a   Yoshikawa, A ^a   Kawano, H ^a   Ueno, T ^a   Tokunaga, T ^a   McNamara, D ^c   Ishituka, J K ^d   Dutra, S L G ^e   Damtie, B ^f   Doumbia, V ^g   Obrou, O ^g   Rabiu, A B ^h   Adimula, I A ⁱ   Othman, M ^j   Fairos, M ^j   Otadoy, R E S ^k   more..

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKUYAMA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^f BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^j Kemeneterian Sains Teknologi dan Inovasi   (Malaysia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS   (Philippines)

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Author keywords

Counter electrojet; Dst index; EE index; Equatorial electrojet; MAGIDAS CPMN; Real time monitoring; Space weather

Indexed keywords

ELECTROJET; INDEX METHOD; REAL TIME; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 52149085015     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352828     Document Type: Article

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