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TI: The ESPERIA Mission
AU: * Sgrigna, V
EM: sgrigna@fis.uniroma3.it
AF: Department of Physics and INFN Sect., University Roma Tre, 84, Via della Vasca Navale, Rome, I-00146 Italy
AU: Console, R
EM: console@ingv.it
AF: Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), 605, Via di Vigna Murata, Rome, I-00143 Italy
AU: Conti, L
EM: contil@fis.uniroma3.it
AF: Department of Physics and INFN Sect., University Roma Tre, 84, Via della Vasca Navale, Rome, I-00146 Italy
AU: Galper, A M
EM: galper@incos.exp.mephi.ru
AF: Institute of Cosmic Physics, MEPhI, 31, Kashirskoe Shosse, Moscow, 115409 Russian Federation
AU: Malvezzi, V
EM: malvezzi@fis.uniroma3.it
AF: Department of Physics and INFN Sect., University Roma Tre, 84, Via della Vasca Navale, Rome, I-00146 Italy
AU: Parrot, M
EM: mparrot@cnrs-orleans.fr
AF: LPCE/CNRS, 3A, Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, Orleans Cedex-2, 45071 France
AU: Picozza, P
EM: piergiorgio.picozza@roma.infn.it
AF: Department of Physics and INFN Sect., University Tor Vergata, 1, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Rome, I-00133 Italy
AU: Scrimaglio, R
EM: scrimaglio@aquila.infn.it
AF: Department of Physics, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, Coppito, L'Aquila, I-67010 Italy
AU: Spillantini, P
EM: spillantini@fi.infn.it
AF: Department of Physics, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, I-50123 Italy
AU: Zilpimiani, D
EM: zilpid@igg.ge
AF: Institute of Geophysics, Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), 1, Alexidze Street, Tbilisi, 380093 Georgia
AB: ESPERIA is an equatorial mission planned with a Low-Earth-Orbit small-satellite and a multi-instrument payload for monitoring preseismic electromagnetic emissions in the near-Earth space and consequent perturbations and instabilities they produce in the atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere. The space project has been proposed by an International Consortium lead by the University Roma Tre, for an electromagnetic, plasma, and particle mission. \\ The primary aim is to study ionospheric and magnetospheric effects caused by seismicity to develop methods for the evaluation of seismic risk (providing for disaster assessment) and give contribution in earthquake forecasting studies. \\ At present, a phase A study has been completed for the Italian Space Agency (ASI).\\ To achieve the objectives with maximum reliability, the ESPERIA scientific program is planned with strong emphasis on coordinated, simultaneous, and continuous ground-based and space observations. On board the satellite ULF $\div$ HF electromagnetic fields, fluxes of charged particle (300 keV $\div$ 2GeV), and ionospheric plasma temperature and density will be detected. Ground-based measurements of mechanical (tilt and strain) and electromagnetic fields will be carried out in several test areas. \\ The same space project is also planned for investigating electromagnetic emissions of anthropogenic origin (power line harmonic radiation, VLF and HF transmitters). \\ With some augmentation and/or changes in the payload, ESPERIA can also be used for defining the near-Erth electromagnetic, plasma, and particle environment, studying important phenomena during thunderstorm activity (or sprites, blue jets, elves, gamma and electromagnetic emissions), or investigating equatorial electrojets.
DE: 2431 Ionosphere/magnetosphere interactions (2736)
DE: 2435 Ionospheric disturbances
DE: 2494 Instruments and techniques
DE: 2732 Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings
DE: 7223 Seismic hazard assessment and prediction
SC: Tectonophysics [T]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting