Magnetic field investigation of Mercury's magnetosphere and the inner heliosphere by MMO/MGF

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 279-286

  Baumjohann, Wolfgang ^a   Matsuoka, Ayako ^b   Magnes, Werner ^a   Glassmeier, Karl Heinz ^c   Nakamura, Rumi ^a   Biernat, Helfried ^a   Delva, Magda ^a   Schwingenschuh, Konrad ^a   Zhang, Tielong ^a   Auster, Hans Ulrich ^c   Fornacon, Karl Heinz ^c   Richter, Ingo ^c   Balogh, André ^d   Cargill, Peter ^d   Carr, Chris ^d   Dougherty, Michele ^d   Horbury, Timothy S ^d   Lucek, Elizabeth A ^d   Tohyama, Fumio ^e   Takahashi, Takao ^e   Tanaka, Makoto ^e   Nagai, Tsugunobu ^f   Tsunakawa, Hideo ^f   Matsushima, Masaki ^f   Kawano, Hideaki ^g   Yoshikawa, Akimasa ^g   Shibuya, Hidetoshi ^h   Nakagawa, Tomoko ⁱ   Hoshino, Masahiro ^j   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^k   Kataoka, Ryuho ^l   Anderson, Brian J ^m   Russell, Christopher T ⁿ   Motschmann, Uwe ^c   Shinohara, Manabu ^g   more..

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^l RIKEN   (Japan)

^m JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Inner heliosphere; Magnetometer; Magnetosphere; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BEPICOLOMBO MISSION; DATA PROCESSING UNITS; DUAL SENSOR; EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; FLUXGATES; HELIOSPHERES; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; INNER HELIOSPHERE; INTERPLANETARY SHOCKS; MAGNETOSPHERIC ORBITERS; MERCURY PLANETARY ORBITERS; MERCURY'S MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND PLASMAS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION; TIME-SCALES;

DATA PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); SENSORS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 73749088551     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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