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Instrument: CAMMICE : Charge And Mass Ion Composition Experiment |
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Associated Platforms POLAR Related Data Sets View all records related to this instrument Description The objective of the Charge and Mass Magnetospheric Ion Composition Experiment (CAMMICE) is the unambiguous determination of the composition of the energetic particle populations of the Earth's magnetosphere over the range of 6 keV/Q to 60 MeV per ion in order to identify mechanisms by which these charged particles are energized and transported from their parent source populations to the magnetosphere. The CAMMICE consists of two types of sensor systems: the Magnetospheric Ion Composition Sensor (MICS), and the Heavy Ion Telescope (HIT). Each sensor performs a multiple-parameter measurement of the composition of magnetospherically trapped and transient ion populations over a combined energy range from 6 keV/Q to 60 MeV per ion (a range of over 4 orders of magnitude) and for elements from hydrogen through iron. For more information, see: http://leadbelly.lanl.gov/ccr/ and http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/polar_inst.shtml Online Resources http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/polar_inst.shtml#CAMMICE http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1996-013A&ex=6 Instrument Logistics Instrument Start Date: 1996-02-24 Instrument Owner: Los Alamos National Laboratory |
