Swarm: A constellation to study the Earth's magnetic field

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-358

  Friis Christensen, E ^a   Luhr H ^b   Hulot, G ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Geomagnetism; magnetic field mission; Swarm satellites

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; SATELLITE MISSION; SPACECRAFT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 33646771322     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351933     Document Type: Article

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