TARANIS: A microsatellite project dedicated to the study of impulsive transfers of energy between the Earth atmosphere, the ionosphere, and the magnetosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1268-1275

  Blanc, E ^a   Lefeuvre, F ^b   Roussel Dupre R ^c   Sauvaud, J A ^b  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling of atmospheric layers; Electromagnetic pulses; Microsatellite; Sprites; Terrestrial Gamma Flashes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RAY PRODUCTION; MAGNETIC SENSORS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COUPLING OF ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; MICROSATELLITES; TERRESTRIAL GAMMA FLASHES;

SATELLITES;

EID: 35548981730     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.06.037     Document Type: Article

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