he Swarm EFIs have each two Langmuir probes. Both probes operate most of the time in a novel harmonic mode featuring a sinusoidally varying bias suitable for measuring not only currents, but also admittances. A comparable instrument has not previously been in orbit.
Start date: 2013/12/02 00:00:00
Principal Investigator: | Dr. Dave Knudsen University of Calgary, Canada SPASE resource : spase://CNES/Person/CDPP-AMDA/D.Knudsen |
Scientist: | Dr. Stephan C. Buchert stephan.buchert@irfu.se - Swedish Institute of Space Physics SPASE resource : spase://CNES/Person/CDPP-AMDA/S.Buchert |