ENGLISH

The Image Mission

By J. L. Burch (auth.) , J. L. Burch (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2000
ISBN
978-94-010-5837-7, 978-94-011-4233-5, 0-7923-6111-3
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-4233-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17814208 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
506\508
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Astrophysics and Astroparticles; AstronomyObservations and Techniques

Description

IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration) is the first NASA MIDEX mission and the first mission dedicated to imaging the Earth's magnetosphere. This volume offers detailed descriptions of the IMAGE instrumentation and of the image inversion techniques used to interpret the data. Also included are chapters on the IMAGE science objectives, the spacecraft design and capabilities, science and mission operations, and the processing and distribution of IMAGE's nonproprietary data products.

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