The THEMIS Mission

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Burch, J. L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Angelopoulos, V. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Atmospheric sciences.; Space sciences.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

The THEMIS mission aims to determine the trigger and large-scale evolution of substorms by employing five identical micro-satellites which line up along the Earth's magnetotail to track the motion of particles, plasma, and waves from one point to another and for the first time, resolve space-ti...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• The THEMIS Mission
• THEMIS Science Objectives and Mission Phases
• Orbit Design for the THEMIS Mission
• THEMIS Operations
• The THEMIS Constellation
• Instrument Data Processing Unit for THEMIS
• The THEMIS Magnetic Cleanliness Program
• Instrument Boom Mechanisms on the THEMIS Satellites; Magnetometer, Radial Wire, and Axial Booms
• THEMIS Ground Based Observatory System Design
• The THEMIS Fluxgate Magnetometer
• The Search Coil Magnetometer for THEMIS
• The THEMIS ESA Plasma Instrument and In-flight Calibration
• The Electric Field Instrument (EFI) for THEMIS
• The THEMIS Digital Fields Board
• The THEMIS Array of Ground-based Observatories for the Study of Auroral Substorms
• THEMIS Ground-Based Magnetometers
• The Upgraded CARISMA Magnetometer Array in the THEMIS Era
• First Results from the THEMIS Mission
• THEMIS ESA First Science Results and Performance Issues
• First Results of the THEMIS Search Coil Magnetometers
• OpenGGCM Simulations for the THEMIS Mission
• The Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) Education and Outreach (E/PO) Program.