The Image Mission

Burch, James L.

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2000-02-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780792361114

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4233-5

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 506