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Relation between the strength of the Sq current system and its focus position

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Day-to-day changes of the strength of the Sq current system are studied. It is shown that for Indian longitudes, larger strengths are associated (on the average) with an equatorward shift of the Sq focus as also with larger strengths of the equatorial electrojet.

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    R. P. Kane

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Communicated by Prof. K. R. Ramanathan,f.a.sc.

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Kane, R.P. Relation between the strength of the Sq current system and its focus position. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 80, 17–25 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046669

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