In-flight calibration of double-probe DC electric field measurements on Cluster Show others and affiliations
2014 (English) Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
Double-probe electric field instrument with long wire booms is one of the most popular techniques for in situ measurement of DC and AC electric fields in plasmas on spinning spacecraft platforms, which have been employed on a large number of space missions. Here we present an overview of the calibration procedure used for the EFW instrument on Cluster, which involves spin fits of the data and correction of several offsets. We also describe the procedure for the offset determination and present results for the long-term evolution of the offsets.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages 2014. Vol. 4, no 1, p. 85-107
Keywords [en]
Drift Instrument, Magnetotail, Spacecraft, Plasma
National Category
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences Geology
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-169314 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-169314 DiVA, id: diva2:821236
Note Preprint DOI 10.5194/gid-4-85-2014
Published in DOI 10.5194/gi-3-143-2014
QC 20150615
2015-06-152015-06-122025-03-11 Bibliographically approved