Longitudinal and seasonal structure of the ionospheric equatorial electric field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1298-1305

  Alken, P ^a   Chulliat, A ^b   Maus, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

electrojet; electromagnetism; equatorial ionosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876894283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA018314     Document Type: Article

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