CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - IVM -
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
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).
Resolution Summary
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
 
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurementsIon Density, Drift Velocity, and Temperature
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)