The Space Dust (SPADUS) instrument aboard the Earth-orbiting ARGOS spacecraft: I - Instrument description

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 689-703

  Tuzzolino, A J ^a   McKibben, R B ^a   Simpson, J A ^a   BenZvi, S ^a   Voss, H D ^b   Gursky, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0035371368     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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