Title :
The AMPTE/CCE Hot-Plasma Composition Experiment (HPCE)
Author :
Shelley, E.G. ; Ghielmetti, A. ; Hertzberg, E. ; Battel, S.J. ; Burg, K. Altwegg-Von ; Balsiger, H.
Author_Institution :
Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA 94304
fDate :
5/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Hot-Plasma Composition Experiment (HPCE) on the AMPTE-CCE spacecraft consists of an energetic ion-mass spectrometer and an electron background-environment monitor (EBEM). The mass spectrometer covers the entire mass per charge range from below 1 to >150 amu/e and the energy per charge range from 0 eV/e (spacecraft potential) to 17 keV/e. The EBEM measures electrons between 50 eV and 25 keV in eight broad energy bands. The ion and electron data are processed into color spectrogram formats for the data pool.
Keywords :
Color; Current measurement; Detectors; Electrons; Energy measurement; Instruments; Mass spectroscopy; Monitoring; Plasma measurements; Space vehicles;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.1985.289520
