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Calibration And Results Of The Equis Ii Plasma Impedance Probe (Pip), Seth D. Humphries
Calibration And Results Of The Equis Ii Plasma Impedance Probe (Pip), Seth D. Humphries
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This thesis presents the calibration process and analysis results for the two Plasma Impedance Probe (PIP) units that were flown as part of the NASA Equis-I I campaign from the Kwajalein Atoll. The work of calibration that was presented by Krishna Kurra for the PIP on the Floating Potential Measurement Unit (FPMU) is improved and extended herein. The sweeping impedance probe (SIP), the instrument formerly known as plasma sweeping probe (PSP), is an integral part of the PIP. For the SIP, the calibration presented in this work, calibration error less than 5% error is achieved. The calibration is applied to …