The magnetic field experiment IMSC and its data processing onboard DEMETER: Scientific objectives, description and first results

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 441-455

  Parrot, M ^a   Benoist, D ^b   Berthelier, J J ^c   Blecki J ^d   Chapuis, Y ^b   Colin, F ^a   Elie, F ^a   Fergeau, P ^a   Lagoutte, D ^a   Lefeuvre, F ^a   Legendre, C ^a   Leveque M ^a   Pincon J L ^a   Poirier, B ^a   Seran, H C ^a   Zamora, P ^a  

^a LPCE CNRS   (France)

^b Station de Radioastronomie de Nancay   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic waves; Ionosphere; Seismic activity

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITES; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

IONOSPHERIC PERTURBATIONS; MICRO-SATELLITES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 33646491748     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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