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Shorting Factor In-Flight Calibration for the Van Allen Probes DC Electric Field Measurements in the Earth\textquoterights Plasmasphere

Satellite-based direct electric field measurements deliver crucial information for space science studies. Yet they require meticulous design and calibration. In-flight calibration of double-probe instruments is usually presented in the most common case of tenuous plasmas, where the presence of an electrostatic structure surrounding the charged spacecraft alters the geophysical electric field measurements. To account for this effect and the uncertainty in the boom length, the measured electric field is multiplied by a paramet ...

Lejosne, Solène; Mozer, F.;

YEAR: 2019     DOI: 10.1029/2018EA000550

DC electric field; double probe instrument; electric drift; plasmasphere; shorting factor; Van Allen Probes