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Instrument: HYDRA : Hot Plasma Analyzer |
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Associated Platforms POLAR Related Data Sets View all records related to this instrument Description HYDRA is a plasma experimental investigation on the POLAR spacecraft. HYDRA is a collection of electrostatic analyzers designed for high resolution observations of electron and ion velocity distributions in the earth's polar magnetosphere and was designed and constructed by a consortium of institutions for the purpose of improving our understanding of the complex interactions of the polar magnetosphere with the solar wind and the ionosphere. HYDRA subsystems are: - Duo-Deca-Electron-Ion-Spectrometer (DDEIS) - Parallel Plate Analyzer (PPA) - Data Processing Unit (DPU) and UV Intracalibration System For more information, see: http://www-st.physics.uiowa.edu/ and http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/polar_inst.shtml Online Resources http://www-st.physics.uiowa.edu/ Instrument Logistics Instrument Start Date: 1996-02-24 Instrument Owner: University of Iowa |
