• DocumentCode
    1022658
  • Title

    The Plasma Wave Instrument on Board the AMPTE IRM Satellite

  • Author

    Häusler, B. ; Anderson, R.R. ; Gurnett, D.A. ; Koons, H.C. ; Holzworth, R.H. ; Bauer, O.H. ; Treumann, R. ; Gnaiger, K. ; Odem, D. ; Harbridge, W.B. ; Eberl, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Planck-Institut fÿr Physik and Astrophysik, Institute fÿr extraterrestrische Physik, 8046 Garching, Germany
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    5/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    267
  • Lastpage
    273
  • Abstract
    The AMPTE IRM plasma wave instrumentation is designed to provide basic information on the plasma wave activity in the magnetosphere/solar-wind environment and inside the artificial plasma clouds which will be created in space. The instruments use one long electric dipole antenna and two magnetic search coil sensors in order to cover frequency ranges from dc to 5.6 MHz for the electric measurements and from about 30 Hz to 1.5 MHz for the magnetic measurements. A set of spectrum analyzers along with a fast memory and an analog wide-band system are used to determine wave intensities and to identify wave modes.
  • Keywords
    Clouds; Coils; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Instruments; Magnetic sensors; Magnetosphere; Plasma measurements; Plasma waves; Satellites;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0196-2892
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TGRS.1985.289526
  • Filename
    4072290