EMMA - The Electric and Magnetic Monitor of the Aurora on Astrid-2

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-123

  Blomberg, L G ^a   Marklund, G T ^a   Lindqvist, P A ^a   Primdahl, F ^b   Brauer, P ^b   Bylander, L ^a   Cumnock, J A ^a,c   Eriksson, S ^a   Ivchenko, N ^a   Karlsson, T ^a   Kullen, A ^a   Merayo, J M G ^b   Pedersen, E B ^d   Petersen, J R ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d Terma AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (aurora ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 1142281847     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-115-2004     Document Type: Article

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