In-flight performance of the Absolute Scalar Magnetometer vector mode on board the Swarm satellites

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Léger, Jean Michel ^a,b   Jager, Thomas ^a,b   Bertrand, François ^a,b   Hulot, Gauthier ^c   Brocco, Laura ^c   Vigneron, Pierre ^c   Lalanne, Xavier ^c   Chulliat, Arnaud ^d,e   Fratter, Isabelle ^f  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CNES   (France)

Author keywords

He4 magnetometer; Scalar absolute magnetometer; Swarm; Vector calibration; Vector magnetometer

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VECTOR;

EID: 84929660843     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40623-015-0231-1     Document Type: Article

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