Seasonal and longitudinal dependence of equatorial disturbance vertical plasma drifts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Fejer, Bela G ^a   Jensen, John W ^a,b   Su, Shin Yi ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; F REGION; GEOMAGNETISM; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; PLASMAS;

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; LOCAL TIMES; PLASMA DRIFTS; SIMULATION STUDIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERES;

DC GENERATORS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; F REGION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PLASMA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 58249088328     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035584     Document Type: Article

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