A fast, high resolution capacitance probe
Abstract
A spherical fixed frequency impedance probe is described. The probe was developed for atmospheric plasma measurements from sounding rockets subjected to short-lived small perturbations created by an electron guns. One test mission is described, and the preliminary profile of the measured natural electron density is given.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- December 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979STIN...8119438F
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Composition;
- Atmospheric Sounding;
- Electron Density Profiles;
- High Resolution;
- Sounding Rockets;
- Space Probes;
- Calibrating;
- Capacitance;
- Electron Guns;
- Sondes;
- Upper Atmosphere;
- Instrumentation and Photography