The Double Star magnetic field investigation: Instrument design, performance and highlights of the first year's observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2713-2732

  Carr, C ^a   Brown, P ^a   Zhang, T L ^b   Gloag, J ^a   Horbury, T ^a   Lucek, E ^a   Magnes, W ^b   O'Brien, H ^a   Oddy, T ^a   Auster, U ^c   Austin, P ^d   Aydogar, O ^b   Balogh, A ^a   Baumjohann, W ^b   Beek, T ^a   Eichelberger, H ^b   Fornacon, K H ^c   Georgescu, E ^e   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Ludlam, M ^a   Nakamura, R ^b   Richter, I ^c   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d Ultra Electronics   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Intruments and techniques); Space plasma physics (Experimental and mathematical techniques, Instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 30744468351     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2713-2005     Document Type: Article

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