Characteristics of the Equatorial Electrojet determined from an array of magnetometers in N-NE Brazil

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-128

  Rigoti, A ^a,c   Chamalaun, F H ^a   Trivedi, N B ^b   Padilha, A L ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROJET; EQUATORIAL WAVE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 85032068983     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352216     Document Type: Article

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