Swarm's absolute magnetometer experimental vector mode, an innovative capability for space magnetometry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1352-1359

  Hulot, Gauthier ^a   Vigneron, Pierre ^a   Léger, Jean Michel ^b   Fratter, Isabelle ^c   Olsen, Nils ^d   Jager, Thomas ^b   Bertrand, François ^b   Brocco, Laura ^a   Sirol, Olivier ^a   Lalanne, Xavier ^a   Boness, Axel ^b   Cattin, Viviane ^b  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

magnetometer; satellite; Swarm

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOMETERS; SATELLITES; VECTORS;

DATA QUALITY CONTROL; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETER; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MODEL; INNOVATIVE CAPABILITY; SWARM; VECTOR FIELD DATUM; VECTOR MAGNETOMETER;

VECTOR SPACES;

FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; INNOVATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; VECTOR;

EID: 84925869003     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062700     Document Type: Article

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