Instruments

General | MGF | EFD | LEP | CPI | EPIC| HEP | PWI

Detailed descriptions of the Geotail mission and instruments can be found in the papers and related sites below. See also contacts and data.


General Information on Geotail


Magnetic Field Experiment (MGF)

  • Kokubun, S., T. Yamamoto, M. H. Acuna, K. Hayashi, K. Shiokawa, and H. Kawano, The Geotail Magnetic Field Experiment, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 46, 7-21, 1994. (reprint)

Electric Field Detector (EFD)

  • K. Tsuruda, Hayakawa, H., M. Nakamura, T. Okada, A. Matsuoka, F. S. Mozer, and R. Schmidt, Electric field measurement on the Geotail satellite, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 46, 693-711, 1994. (reprint)

Low Energy Particle experiment (LEP)

  • Mukai, T., S. Machida, Y. Saito, M. Hirahara, T. Terasawa, N. Kaya, T. Obara, M. Ejiri, and A. Nishida, The low energy particle (LEP) experiment onboard the Geotail satellite, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 46, 669-692, 1994. (reprint)

Comprehensive Plasma Instrumentation (CPI)

  • Frank, L. A., K. L. Ackerson, W. R. Paterson, J. A. Lee, M. R. English, and G. L. Pickett, The Comprehensive Plasma Instrumentation (CPI) for the Geotail spacecraft, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 46, 23-37, 1994.
  • CPI at the University of Iowa

Energetic Particles and Ion Composition Instrument (EPIC)


High Energy Particle Experiments (HEP)

  • Doke, T., M. Fujii, M. Fujimoto, K. Fujiki, T. Fukui, F. Gliem, W. Guttler, N. Hasebe, T. Hayashi, T. Ito, K. Itsumi, T. Kashiwagi, J. Kikuchi, T. Kohno, S. Kokubun, S. Livi, K. Maezawa, H. Moriya, K. Munakata, H. Murakami, Y. Muraki, H. Nagoshi, A. Nakamoto, K. Nagata, A. Nishida, R. Rathje, T. Shino, H. Sommer, T. Takashima, T. Terasawa, S. Ullaland, W. Weiss, B. Wilken, T. Yamamoto, T. Yanagimachi, and S. Yanagita, The Energetic Particle Spectrometer HEP onboard the Geotail spacecraft, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 46, 713-733, 1994.

Plasma Wave Instrument (PWI)

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