Transient current collection and closure for a laboratory tether

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 733-736

  Stenzel, R L ^a   Urrutia, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTION; ELECTRODES; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SATELLITES; ATMOSPHERICS; TETHERLINES; TRACKING (POSITION); TRANSIENTS;

TRANSIENT CURRENT COLLECTION;

TETHERLINES; POWER QUALITY;

DELAYED PULSE; ELECTRON HEATING; FIELD CURRENTS; HALL CURRENT; LABORATORY PLASMA; TETHERED SATELLITE; TIME-VARYING PLASMA; TRANSIENT CURRENT;

EID: 0032026467     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00225     Document Type: Article

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