The Scientific Satellite Programme during the International Magnetospheric Study

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Opening Session

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Summary Status Report on the International Magnetospheric Study

      • Juan G. Roederer

      Pages 3-8

   3. The IMS Satellite Programme: Scientific Objectives

      • Christopher T. Russell

      Pages 9-42

3. IMS Satellites: Orbits and Scientific Potential

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43

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   2. Identification of Satellites Possibly Active during the IMS and their Orbital Configurations

      • James I. Vette, Robert H. Hilberg, Michael J. Teague

      Pages 45-59

   3. Agreed Plans for Geos Payload Operation and Orbital Manoeuvres

      • K. Knott

      Pages 61-67

   4. Present Status of ISEE (A and B) Mission

      • A. C. Durney

      Pages 69-80

   5. The ISEE-C Mission and the IMS

      • K.-P. Wenzel

      Pages 81-85

   6. Diagnosis of Spatial Plasmas with a Relaxation Sounder

      • Jacqueline Etcheto

      Pages 87-97

4. Quasistatic Magnetospheric Phenomena and Particles

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Magnetospheric DC Electric Fields; Present Knowledge and Outstanding Problems to be Solved during the IMS

      • F. S. Mozer

      Pages 101-131

   3. Magnetospheric Convection Induced by Interplanetary Magnetic-Field Variations

      • K. Maezawa

      Pages 133-166

   4. Magnetopause Position and the Reconnection Problem

      • V. Formisano

      Pages 167-168

   5. New Theoretical Aspects of the Shape of the Magnetospheric Boundary

      • F. F. Cap, M. P. Leubner, F. P. Stössel

      Pages 169-186

   6. Low-Energy Heavy-Ion Observations on the IMP 7 Satellite

      • C. Y. Fan, D. Hovestadt, G. Gloeckler

      Pages 187-197

   7. Low-Energy-Proton Regime in the Geomagnetic Tail at Lunar Distance

      • H. K. Hills, D. A. Hardy, J. W. Freeman

      Pages 199-207

   8. Solar Phenomena, Weather and Climate

      • J. W. King

      Pages 209-222

5. Particles and Magnetospheric Instabilities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223

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   2. Multisatellite Observations of Solar Protons Penetrating the Magnetopause

      • V. Domingo, D. E. Page, K.-P. Wenzel

      Pages 225-235

The 10th ESLAB Symposium was held at Grossenzersdorf near Vienna on 10-13 June 1975 under the title 'The Scientific Satellite Programme During the Inter­ national Magnetospheric Study'. The Symposium was attended by an invited audience of 60 scientists from the ESA Member States, the United States, Japan, Canada and Austria. Following a report by the joint COSPAR-IUCSTP Special Working Group, the International Magnetospheric Study (lMS) is proposed as an international co­ operative enterprise of limited duration, having as its principal objective the achie­ vement of a comprehensive, quantitative understanding of the dynamical processes operating in the Earth's plasma and field environment. In order to accomplish this objective, it is thought to be necessary to carry out simultaneous measurements with nearly identical instrumentation at various points in space. These measurements will need to be made in combination with appropriate observations at or near the Earth's surface. Besides near-Earth observations by ground-based, rocket- and balloon-borne instrumentation, satellite investigations are expected to make an important contri­ bution to the IMS. A number of satellites assigned to magnetospheric research have recently been launched, or will be launched shortly, to be operational during the IMS. The European Space Agency has devoted two of its forthcoming scientific satellites - GEOS and ISEE-B - to magnetospheric and interplanetary research.

• Planet
• Variation
• magnetosphere
• solar

• Space Science Department (ESLAB), European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

  K. Knott

• ESA Scientific and Technical Information Branch, c/o ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

  B. Battrick

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