Equivalent ionospheric currents for the 5 December 2006 solar flare effect determined from spherical cap harmonic analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Gaya Pique, L R ^a   Curto, J J ^b   Torta, J M ^b   Chulliat, Arnaud ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

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EID: 68949146108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012934     Document Type: Article

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