The effect of spacecraft radiation sources on electron moments from the Cassini CAPS electron spectrometer

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 854-869

  Arridge, Christopher S ^a,b   Gilbert, Linda K ^a,b   Lewis, Gethyn R ^a,b   Sittler, Edward C ^c   Jones, Geraint H ^a,b   Kataria, Dhiren O ^a   Coates, Andrew J ^a,b   Young, David T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassini; Electrostatic analyser; Moments; Noise subtraction; Penetrating radiation

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND NOISE; BACKGROUND RADIATIONS; CASSINI; CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETERS; COUNT RATES; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON SPECTROMETERS; INVERSE CORRELATIONS; MOMENTS; NOISE EFFECTS; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE SUBTRACTION; PENETRATING RADIATION; PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES; RADIATION SOURCES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SIMULATED ERRORS;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; NEURAL NETWORKS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RADIATION BELTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

RADIATION;

EID: 67349241299     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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