CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Faraday Cup
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA
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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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The Faraday Cup is a retarding potential particle detector that provides high time resolution solar wind proton bulk properties (wind speed, density and temperature). Instrument Measurements include: Alpha particles differential directional flux, Proton differential directional flux, Solar Wind Density, Solar Wind Temperature, and Solar Wind Velocity.
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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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