The AMPTE/CCE Hot-Plasma Composition Experiment (HPCE)
Abstract
The Hot-Plasma Composition Experiment (HPCE) on the AMPTE-CCE spacecraft consists of an energetic ions-mass spectrometer and an electron background-environment monitor (EBEM). The mass spectrometer covers the entire mass per charge range from below 1 to greater than 150 amu/e and the energy per charge range from 0 eV/e (spacecraft potential) to 17 keV/e. The EBEM measures electrons between 50 eV and 25 keV in eight broad energy bands. The ion and electron data are processed into color spectrogram formats for the data pool.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Pub Date:
- May 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TGRS.1985.289520
- Bibcode:
- 1985ITGRS..23..241S
- Keywords:
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- European Space Programs;
- High Temperature Plasmas;
- Plasma Composition;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Data Reduction;
- Mass Spectrometers;
- Positive Ions;
- Ring Currents;
- Space Plasmas