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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The hypothesis, first proposed by Balfour Stewart, that explains the regular daily variations in the earth's [[magnetic field]] in terms of electrical currents in the lower [[ionosphere]], generated by tidal motions of the ionized air across the earth's magnetic field.</div><br/> </div><div class="reference">Whitten, R. C., and I. G. Poppoff 1971. Fundamentals of Aeronomy. Wiley & | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The hypothesis, first proposed by Balfour Stewart, that explains the regular daily variations in the earth's [[magnetic field]] in terms of electrical currents in the lower [[ionosphere]], generated by tidal motions of the ionized air across the earth's magnetic field.</div><br/> </div><div class="reference">Whitten, R. C., and I. G. Poppoff 1971. Fundamentals of Aeronomy. Wiley & Sons, New York, . p. 219. </div><br/> | ||
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dynamo theory
The hypothesis, first proposed by Balfour Stewart, that explains the regular daily variations in the earth's magnetic field in terms of electrical currents in the lower ionosphere, generated by tidal motions of the ionized air across the earth's magnetic field.
Whitten, R. C., and I. G. Poppoff 1971. Fundamentals of Aeronomy. Wiley & Sons, New York, . p. 219.
