Magnetospheric Imaging - The IMAGE Prime Mission
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 29, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781402016462
Subjects: Astrophysics; Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism; Solar-terrestrial phenomena; Science/Mathematics; Magnetism; Science; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; IMAGE (Artificial satellite); Artificial satellites in remot; Artificial satellites in remote sensing; Magnetosphere
First sentence: IMAGE is the first satellite mission dedicated to imaging the Earth's magneto-sphere and is the first mission to achieve global multispectral imaging of magneto-spheric plasmas with time scales relevant to the development of substorms (Burch, 2000).