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An examination of day-to-day and monthly mean positions of the electrojet axis in relation to the changes in the apparent solar declination, in the Indian equatorial region shows marked association between the two. For relatively quiet days, significant correlations are observed between the solar declination and each of the parameters, the northernSq focal latitude, the jet axis and the line of maximumSq(H). From the significant mutual association of these parameters, it has been suggested that the equatorial electrojet could be a part of the world-wideSq current system.
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Murty, A.V.S., Rao, D.R.K. On the variability of the position of the equatorial electrojet axis in India. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., A (E & P Sciences) 87, 133–137 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03182103
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