TSS-1R vertical electric fields: Long baseline measurements using an electrodynamic tether as a double probe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-448

  Williams, S D ^a   Gilchrist, B E ^b   Aguero V M ^a   Indiresan, R S ^b   Thompson, D C ^c   Raitt, W J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; PROBES; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE TETHERS; TETHERLINES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH;

ELECTRO-DYNAMIC TETHER; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELDS; POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRODYNAMIC DOUBLE PROBES; ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHERS; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS (TSS);

EID: 0031998851     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03259     Document Type: Article

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