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The diurnal variation in the horizontal component (H) of south american stations under and close to the electrojet were plotted during the I.G.Y. Thus a dilatation towards the south of the electrojet in the western part of South America was inferred.
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Se graficó la variación diurna en la componente horizontal (H) de estaciones sudamericanas bajo y próximas al «electrojetra, durante el A.G.I. Estas sirvieron para inferir una dilatación hacia el sur del «electrojet» en el oeste de América del Sur.
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Affolter, H.R. On the electrojet in South America. PAGEOPH 71, 37–41 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875328
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875328