The electric field instrument (EFI) for THEMIS

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 303-341

  Bonnell, J W ^a   Mozer, F S ^a   Delory, G T ^a   Hull, A J ^a   Ergun, R E ^b   Cully, C M ^b,c   Angelopoulos, V ^d   Harvey, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Institute for Space Physics   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field instrumentation; Electrodynamics; Reconnection; Substorms

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; INSTRUMENTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NASA; OPTICAL SENSORS; ORBITS; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; PLASMA DENSITY; SENSORS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ANTENNA SYSTEMS; BASE-LINES; BROADBAND CHANNELS; CURRENT SHEETS; DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD INSTRUMENTATION; ELECTRICAL FAILURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROCESSES; FIELD INSTRUMENTS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOATING POTENTIALS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INTERNAL PROCESSES; QUALITY ESTIMATES; RECONNECTION; RELATIVISTIC PARTICLES; SPIN AXIS; SUBSTORM; SUBSTORMS; TERRESTRIAL MAGNETOSPHERES; WIRE BOOMS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 58149149733     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9469-2     Document Type: Article

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