Plasma waves in the sheath of the TSS-1R satellite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 421-424

  Iess, L ^a,b   Harvey, C ^c   Vannaroni, G ^b,f   Lebreton, J P ^d   Dobrowolny, M ^e,g   Manning, R ^c   Cerulli Irelli, P ^b,f   Onelli, A ^b,f   De Venuto, F ^b,f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^f INAF   (Italy)

^g ASI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SHEATHS; SATELLITES; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY BANDS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SPECTRAL DENSITY; TETHERLINES;

TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS (TSS);

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; SATELLITES;

COLLISIONALITY; ELECTRIC FIELD FLUCTUATIONS; ELECTRO-DYNAMIC TETHER; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATION; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RADIALLY POLARIZED; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS; WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0031997921     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03101     Document Type: Article

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