Effect of sudden stratospheric warming on lunar tidal modulation of the equatorial electrojet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Park, Jaeheung ^a   Lühr, Hermann ^a   Kunze, Markus ^b   Fejer, Bela G ^c   Min, Kyoung Wook ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84863230062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017351     Document Type: Article

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