CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- IVM
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Full Name
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Ion Velocity Meter
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NOAA , UCAR
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Space environment
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Geometry
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Instrument Technology
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Space environment monitor
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Sampling
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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NetCDF
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures the in-situ plasma density, ion temperature and composition, and drift velocity. Used for modeling the ionosphere to determine electric fields that could impact other systems (e.g. GPS radio signals).
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Resolution Summary
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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