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Langmuir Probe Instrument Suite For Mesosphere Turbulence Experiment Mission, Adam Blake
Langmuir Probe Instrument Suite For Mesosphere Turbulence Experiment Mission, Adam Blake
Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses
The Langmuir probe technique is the predominant in-situ plasma diagnostic technique, and is arguably the only measurement technique that is universally own on every sounding rocket investigation. Earth's mesosphere region (80-120 km) is a host of many dynamic phenomena such as the noctilucent clouds, breaking gravity waves, inversion layers, settlement of mesospheric smoke particles, etc. As such it is critical to have a comprehensive suite of plasma diagnostics that can unambiguously measure various plasma parameters.
This thesis deals with the development and testing of three different Langmuir probe implementations suitable for investigation of the mesosphere which are to be launched …