Suprathermal electrons observed on the TSS-1R satellite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-432

  Winningham, J D ^a,e   Stone, N H ^b   Gurgiolo, C A ^c   Wright, K H ^d   Frahm, R A ^a   Bonifazi, C A ^a  

^a Department of Space Sciences ^*

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Bitterroot Basic Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROMETERS; FREE ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

ELECTRON MEASUREMENTS; SOFT PARTICLE ELECTROSTATIC SPECTROMETER (SPES); SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRONS; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS (TSS);

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONS;

CURRENT MAGNITUDES; ELECTRON MEASUREMENTS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICLE MEASUREMENT; SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRONS; TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031998959     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03187     Document Type: Article

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