Swarm - An Earth Observation Mission investigating Geospace

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 210-216

  Friis Christensen, E ^a   Luhr H ^b   Knudsen, D ^c   Haagmans, R ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earth observation; Electric field; Geomagnetic field; Ionosphere; Magnetosphere; Satellite constellation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS; SATELLITES;

EARTH OBSERVATION; ELECTRODYNAMICAL PARAMETERS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE CONSTELLATION;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 36549039198     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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