Development of the multi-spectral auroral camera onboard the INDEX satellite

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-384

  Sakanoi, T ^a   Okano, S ^a   Obuchi, Y ^a   Kobayashi, T ^a   Ejiri, M ^b   Asamura, K ^c   Hirahara, M ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; EARTH (PLANET); SATELLITES; SENSORS;

AURORAL STRUCTURES; PARTICLE SENSORS; POLAR ORBITS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

AURORA;

EID: 0242578288     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90276-6     Document Type: Article

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