Van Allen probes mission Nicola Fox, James L. Burch, editors

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fox, Nicola, editor.

Burch, J. L., 1942- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Van Allen radiation belts.

Space probes.

space probes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York Springer 2014

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Documents the science, the mission, the spacecraft and the instrumentation on a unique NASA mission to study the Earth's dynamic, dangerous and fascinating Van Allen radiation belts that surround the planetThis collection of articles provides broad and detailed information about NASA's Van Allen Probes (formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes) twin-spacecraft Earth-orbiting mission. The mission has the objective of achieving predictive understanding of the dynamic, intense, energetic, dangerous, and presently unpredictable belts of energetic particles that are magnetically trapped in

Contents:

From the Contents: Science Objectives and Rationale for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission

Mission Overview for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission

Radiation Belt Storm Probes

Observatory and Environments

The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on RBSP

The Electric Field and Waves (EFW) Instruments on the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission

Notes:

Previously published in Space Science Reviews, volume 179, 1uues 1-4, 2013

Includes bibliographical references

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Van allen probes mission

ISBN:

9781489974334

1489974334

OCLC:

869936511

Publisher Number:

(WaSeSS)ssj0001170401

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license