IVM Instrument

Measurements and Applications

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).

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Ion Velocity Meter
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
NOAA, UCAR
Maturity
Instrument Type
Space environment
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Space environment monitor
Sampling
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
NetCDF

Performance Summary

Resolution
Swath
Accuracy
Waveband
 

Instrument Missions

FORMOSAT-7 - FORMOSAT-7 (2019 - 2025)
COSMIC-2 FM1 - COSMIC-2 FM1 (2019 - 2026)
COSMIC-2 FM2 - COSMIC-2 FM2 (2019 - 2026)
COSMIC-2 FM3 - COSMIC-2 FM3 (2019 - 2026)
COSMIC-2 FM4 - COSMIC-2 FM4 (2019 - 2026)
COSMIC-2 FM5 - COSMIC-2 FM5 (2019 - 2026)
COSMIC-2 FM6 - COSMIC-2 FM6 (2019 - 2026)

Instrument Measurements