Title :
Design, Modeling, and Test of a System for Atmospheric Electric Field Measurement
Author :
Fort, Ada ; Mugnaini, Marco ; Vignoli, Valerio ; Rocchi, Santina ; Perini, Federico ; Monari, Jader ; Schiaffino, Marco ; Fiocchi, Franco
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Siena, Siena, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper, a new version of the field-mill sensor structure for atmospheric electric field measurements is presented. Both the hardware components (i.e., the mechanical structure, the electronic front end, and the acquisition and control systems) and the data processing software are designed in order to reduce power consumption and enhance the instrument metrological performance in terms of accuracy, sensitivity, and frequency band.
Keywords :
atmospheric electricity; data acquisition; electric field measurement; geophysical equipment; acquisition system; atmospheric electric field measurement; control system; data processing software; electronic front end; field-mill sensor structure; mechanical structure; power consumption; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Charge measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Pollution measurement; Atmospheric electric field measurement; electric field monitoring; field mill;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2011.2130010
