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THE WIDE-BAND PLASMA WAVE INVESTIGATION

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As part of the Cluster Wave Experiment Consortium (WEC), the Wide-Band (WBD) Plasma Wave investigation is designed to provide high-resolution measurements of both electric and magnetic fields in selected frequency bands from 25 Hz to 577 kHz. Continuous waveforms are digitised and transmitted in either a 220 kbit s-1 real-time mode or a 73 kbit s-1 recorded mode. The real-time data are received directly by a NASA Deep-Space Network (DSN) receiving station, and the recorded data are stored in the spacecraft solid-state recorder for later playback. In both cases the waveforms are Fourier transformed on the ground to provide high-resolution frequency-time spectrograms. The WBD measurements complement those of the other WEC instruments and also provide a unique new capability for performing very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) measurements.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, U.S.A

    D. A. Gurnett, R. L. Huff & D. L. Kirchner

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Gurnett, D.A., Huff, R.L. & Kirchner, D.L. THE WIDE-BAND PLASMA WAVE INVESTIGATION. Space Science Reviews 79, 195–208 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004966823678

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