Accurate determination of magnetic field gradients from four-point vector measurements - II: Use of natural constraints on vector data obtained from four spinning spacecraft

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5 PART 3, 1996, Pages 5193-5205

  Khurana, Krishan K ^a   Kepko, Emil L ^a   Kivelson, Margaret G ^a   Elphic, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERRORS; FREQUENCIES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SENSORS; SPACECRAFT;

CLUSTER MISSION; COHERENT MONOCHROMATIC SIGNALS; FOUR POINT VECTOR MEASUREMENT; SPIN FREQUENCY; SPINNING SPACECRAFT;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 0030244728     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.538622     Document Type: Article

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