Measurements and analysis of antenna impedance aboard the Geotail spacecraft

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1101-1126

  Tsutsui, M ^a   Nagano, I ^b   Kojima, H ^c   Hashimoto, K ^c   Matsumoto, H ^c   Yagitani, S ^b   Okada, T ^d  

^a KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY; SPACECRAFT; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; PLASMA PROBES; PLASMA SHEATHS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CAPACITANCE VALUES; EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; EFFECTIVE IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC DIPOLE ANTENNA; EQUIVALENT ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; PHOTO-ELECTRON EMISSION; REAL AND IMAGINARY;

ANTENNAS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA IMPEDANCE; PLASMA IMPEDANCE;

EID: 0031131441     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00396     Document Type: Article

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