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Session Proposal: Space Plasma Physics Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques (AGU25)

SM028
Space Plasma Physics Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques

Session ID#: 247922

Session Description:
This session focuses on advances in space plasma physics instrumentation and their applications. Abstracts should focus on instrumentation, measurement techniques, and data processing algorithms that enable new areas of science. Enabling technologies for novel mission concepts are welcome. The goal of this session is to stimulate discussion across disciplines and between generations on instrument technologies, providing opportunities for education and future collaborations. The observation targets include any region of space where plasmas, partially ionized gases, and accelerated particles are found, including the Sun, the Earth, planetary exospheres, interplanetary space, and the interstellar medium. Abstracts are solicited that investigate and develop instruments or supporting technologies for in-situ and remote sensing studies of particles and fields. Examples include, but are not limited to, fluxgate and search coil magnetometers, electric field instruments, electron analyzers, energetic particle and fields instruments, radio and plasma wave instrumentation, ion analyzers, and radiation monitors.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Index Terms:

5494 Instruments and techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
6297 Instruments and techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
7594 Instruments and techniques [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7894 Instruments and techniques [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
Primary Convener:  Dave Sheppard, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Michael joseph Starkey, Southwest Research Institute, Physics and Astronomy, San Antonio, United States and Miguel Martínez Ledesma, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Carolina Chism, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
 
Evolving plasma sensors for future measurements of Earth’s magnetospheric cold plasma (1846288)
Justin H Lee, Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, Space Sciences Department, El Segundo, CA, United States, Joseph F Fennell, Aerospace Corporation-Retired, El Segundo, United States, Colby Lemon, The Aerospace Corporation, Space Science Applications Laboratory, El Segundo, United States, William R Crain Jr., Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, El Segundo, CA, United States, S. Crain, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States, Spencer Bell, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States, Geoffrey A Maul, The Aerospace Corporation, xLAB, El Segundo, United States and Julian Lohser, Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, El Segundo, United States
 
Cusp Electron Dynamics Instrument (CuEDI) (1873450)
Aidan Moore1, Jasper S Halekas2, Connor Feltman2, Brendan Powers3, Jason Homann3 and Allison N Jaynes1, (1)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (2)University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States, (3)University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
 
The Relativistic Electron Magnetic Spectrometer (REMS) Instrument (1874975)
Christine Gabrielse, The Aerospace Corporation, Space Sciences Department, El Segundo, United States, Drew L. Turner, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, William Chavez, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, United States, William R Crain Jr., Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, El Segundo, CA, United States, S. Crain, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, United States, T. Paul O'Brien, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, United States, Geoffrey A Maul, The Aerospace Corporation, xLAB, El Segundo, United States, J Bernard Blake, The Aerospace Corporation, Space Sciences Department, El Segundo, CA, United States, Mark Dixon Looper, The Aerospace Corp, Los Angeles, United States, Lauren W Blum, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, Mykhaylo Shumko, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, United States, James H Clemmons, University of New Hampshire, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Durham, United States, Joseph F Fennell, Aerospace Corporation-Retired, El Segundo, United States, John Lucas, NASA, Independent Verification and Validation, Fairmont, United States and Larry Kepko, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States
 
Double Langmuir Probes Are Where You Find Them (1876212)
David L Cooke1, Aroh Barjatya2, Robert Clayton2, Victoria Ann Davis3 and Myron J Mandell3, (1)Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, United States, (3)Leidos, San Diego, CA, United States
 
Conversion Surfaces and Their Characterization for Space Applications at SwRI (1886605)
Justyna M Sokol1, Jonathan Gasser2 and Gregory Miller2, (1)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States
 
Attitude Determination and Control on a 1U-CubeSat Using Only a Boomless Magnetometer and Three Magnetorquers (1892528)
Burak Ay, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Mark B. Moldwin, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Lauro V. Ojeda, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States
 
Implementation of instrumental noise thresholds of search coil sensors in a dataset of lower band whistler mode chorus and exohiss from the Van Allen Probes and Cluster missions (1896985)
Ondrej Santolik1,2, Ivana Kolmasova1,2, Ulrich Taubenschuss1, Miroslav Hanzelka3 and David Hartley4, (1)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, (2)Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, (3)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (4)University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, IA, United States
 
Solid State Detector based Instruments and Techniques for Characterizing Energetic Particles in Space (1899797)
Shrikanth G Kanekal, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Florian Gautier, NASA GSFC / GMU, Greenbelt, United States and MERiT and AGILE teams
 
Understanding On-Orbit Electric Field Instrument Instabilities using Numerical Simulations of Van Allen Probe and Laboratory Observations (1902684)
Kenton Greene1, John W Bonnell1, Dr. Katherine Goodrich2, Erik M Tejero3, Justin Bowman2, George Gatling3 and William E. Amatucci3, (1)University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (2)West Virginia University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Morgantown, United States, (3)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States
 
ASIC-based Search Coil Magnetometer Prototype for Various Space Missions (1906462)
Yunho Jang1, Ho Jin2, Minjae Kim3, Ikjoon Chang4, Ickhyun Song5 and Khan-Hyuk Kim2, (1)Kyung Hee University, School of Space Research, Yongin, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)Kyung Hee University, School of Space Research, Yongin, South Korea, (3)Kyung Hee University, School of Space Research, Yongin-si, South Korea, (4)Kyunghee university, Department of Electronics Engineering, Yongin si, South Korea, (5)Hanyang University, Department of Electronics Engineering, Seoul, South Korea
 
Feasibility of Space-Based Faraday Rotation Measurements for Investigating Solar Wind Plasmas (1920875)
Elizabeth A Jensen1,2, Shing F Fung3, Lihua Li4, Manohar Deshpande3, Alejandro Lara5 and Nat Gopalswamy6, (1)ACS Consulting, LLC, Spring, United States, (2)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Washington D.C., United States, (5)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (6)NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, United States
 
Modernization, Characterization, and Future Engineering and Science Applications of the Mario H. Acuña Magnetic Testing Facility 22ft Braunbek Coil System (1921397)
Carolina Chism1, Jennifer Holt2, Dave Sheppard3, William Pearson1, James Odom3 and Jacob Gruesbeck2, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (2)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
 
Analysis and Results of LIEFSI Campaign Two (1927098)
Justin Bowman1, John W Bonnell2, Erik M Tejero3, Kenton Greene4, Dr. Katherine Goodrich1 and Bill Amatucci5, (1)West Virginia University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Morgantown, United States, (2)University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (3)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, (4)Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (5)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
 
Fluxgate Magnetometers New Core Material Experimentation and Performance (1927995)
O Jones1, Samuel Hisel2, Antonio Washington2, Christian Hansen2, Katherine Morris3, Quentin Smith2, Amanda Lasko1, Garret Hinson3, David Miles4 and Jessica Mondoskin2, (1)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (2)University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, (3)University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States, (4)University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States
 
A Miniature Solar WInd Sensor (MSWIS) for future low-cost, constellation, and deep-space missions (1930091)
Keiichi Ogasawara1, Clark Schiferl2, Guy Grubbs2, Carlos Urdiales2 and Sergio Rizo Patron2, (1)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States
 
COSMO: A 6U CubeSat Mission for Measuring the Earth’s Magnetic Field by Using Vectorized Rubidium Scalars (1940603)
Tzu-Hsun Kao1, Carolina Chism2, Michaela Ellmeier3, Svenja Knappe3, Jeramy Hughes4 and Robert Andrew Marshall5, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Ann & H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boulder, United States, (4)Fieldline Inc., Boulder, United States, (5)University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States
 
Pushing CubeSat Limits to Investigate High-Energy Electron Acceleration in Earth’s radiation belts (1949027)
Tithi Patel1, Hong Zhao2, Will Teague2, Michael Fogle Jr.3, Saylor Jordan1 and Alistair Fernandes4, (1)Auburn University, Auburn, United States, (2)Auburn University, Department of Physics, Auburn, United States, (3)Auburn University at Montgomery, Physics, Montgomery, United States, (4)Auburn University, Physics, Auburn, United States
 
The Assistance Payload for the Resolute Rockets: First Flight Demonstration of a Boomless Quad-Mag array and Wavelet-Adaptive Interference Cancellation. (1949897)
Alex Hoffmann1, Mark B. Moldwin2, Eftyhia Zesta1, Glyn Collinson3, James Cutler4, Cole Heckathorn5, Lauro V. Ojeda6, Fernando Saca5 and Julio Vata7, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)NASA/GSFC, Washington, United States, (4)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (5)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, SPRL, Ann Arbor, United States, (6)Taupo, New Zealand, (7)University of Michigan, Electrical Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States
 
Europa Clipper Magnetometer (ECM) Deployment, Checkout, and Early Operations (1954723)
Steven P Joy1, Jacob Contreras2, David Pierce3, Corey Cochrane4, Michael Bouchard5, Andres Rivera5, Xianzhe Jia6, Margaret Kivelson7, Carol A Raymond8 and Europa Clipper Magnetometer Science Team, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (3)AVARA Magnetic LLC, Las Vegas, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (6)University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (7)University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (8)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
A high geometric factor spectrometer for fast plasma measurements on future missions (1964201)
Dhiren O Kataria1, Justyna Sokół2, Camden Ertley2, Jonathan Gasser2, Jianliang Lin2, Guy Grubbs2, Michael joseph Starkey3 and Kyoung-Joo Hwang2, (1)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Physics and Astronomy, San Antonio, United States
 
The Relativistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL) Energetic Electron Instrument (1966094)
Thomas Sotirelis, Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, United States, Robyn M Millan, Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, NH, United States, John Glen Sample, Montana State University, Bozeman, United States, Aleksandr Ukhorskiy, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Brady Griffith, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States
 
A Quantum Diamond Magnetometer for Future Space Science and Space Weather Applications (1967422)
Ravindra Tobias Desai1, Colin Stephen1, Patrick Brown2, Stuart Graham1, Irene Ruiz-Rodriguez2 and Gavin Morley1, (1)University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, (2)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
 
Developing HERT: Instrument Bench Testing and Beam Testing via Beta Ray Spectrometer with a Sr90/Y90 Radiation Source (1967436)
Will Teague1, Hong Zhao1, Xinlin Li2, Lauren W Blum3 and Jared Cantilina3, (1)Auburn University, Department of Physics, Auburn, United States, (2)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and Dept of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, (3)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
 
The Space Weather Observations at Lagrange 1 (SOL), Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS) - TRL-6 Demo-prototype design and Calibration Results (1971044)
Christopher Mouikis1, Lynn M Kistler2, Lance Davis3, Colin Frost2, Harald Kucharek2, Victoria N Coffey4, Antoinette Broe Galvin5 and Daniel Abel6, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States, (2)Univ New Hampshire, Durham, United States, (3)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States, (4)NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL, United States, (5)University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, (6)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, United States
 
VLF Pulse Shaping for High Resolution Plasma Diagnostics at HAARP (1978402)
Quinn Hunter-Gilbert1, Taylor Lindley2 and Hunter Burch2, (1)Auburn University, ECE, Auburn, United States, (2)Auburn University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn, United States
 
Additively Manufactured Plastic Plasma Spectrometer (AMPPS) prototype development (1981153)
Quetzal Larrick1, Craig J Pollock2, Denise Thorsen3, Bruce Smith4, Mary Bolling4, Jonathan Rayborn4 and Ayman Eltahir4, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)Denali Scientific, NA, Healy, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fairbanks, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States
 
Engineering Challenges for New Sounding Rocket Particle Instruments (1981162)
Danjing Chen1, Robert Michell2, Marilia Samara2, Emma Rose Mirizio3, Edward C Sittler Jr4, Adam Schoenwald5, Albert Risco Patino6, Alejandro Morilla6 and Long Nguyen7, (1)Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland, College Park, United States, (4)NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Instrument Electronics Development Branch, Greenbelt, United States, (6)Catholic University of America, Washington, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
 
Contaminated Sweeping Langmuir Probes on Sounding Rocket Platforms (1986015)
Rachel Conway1, Aroh Barjatya2, Nathan Graves1, Robert Clayton2, Shantanab Debchoudhury1 and Ian Holland2, (1)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (2)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, United States
 
The SWFO-L1 and SOL Magnetometers (1986242)
Sarah K. Vines, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, Roy B Torbert, University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States and SWFO-L1 & SOL MAG Teams
 
Incorporating a 3D-Printed Analyzer for Cusp Ions Sensor in OCHRE Mission (1989064)
Kristie LLera, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, Stephen A Fuselier, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States, Brendan Powers, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, Connor Feltman, University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States and Allison N Jaynes, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
 
Open Aperture Plasma Measurements on the Lunar Surface with Lunar Vertex MAPS: Plasma and Temperature and Dust, Oh My! (1989231)
Jörg-Micha Jahn1,2, Dhiren Kataria3, Angele Pontoni1, Prachet Mokashi1, Gregory Miller3, David T Blewett4, Peter Kollmann5 and Jasper S Halekas6, (1)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)St. Philip's College, Natural Sciences, San Antonio, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States, (4)JHU Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)The Applied Physics Laboratory, John Hopkins University, Laurel, United States, (6)University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States
 
Near-continuous Upstream Solar Wind Measurements at Mars by Cross-calibration of MEX/IMA and MAVEN/SWIA (1990771)
Robin Ramstad, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, Mats Holmstrom, Swedish Inst Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden, Jasper S Halekas, University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States and Laila Andersson, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
 
Improving Precision and Uncertainty Quantification of Specular Meteor Radar Observations (1994107)
James Monaco, University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, John Marino, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Kenneth Obenberger, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, United States and Scott E Palo, University of Colorado Boulder, Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Magnetic Characterization and Interference Mitigation for the TRACERS Mission (1994117)
Matthew Finley1, Matthew Blandin2, Alex Hoffmann3, Antonio Washington1, Allison Flores4, Robert J Strangeway5, George B Hospodarsky6 and David Miles6, (1)University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, (2)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (4)University of Iowa, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa City, IA, United States, (5)Univ California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (6)University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States
 
Signal Processing Techniques to Mitigate Reaction Wheel Interference (1997994)
Allison Flores, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Ananya Sengupta, University of Iowa, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa City, United States and David Miles, University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States
 
The Magquest Magnetic Test Campaign and Magnetometer Mission Development at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1998256)
Deirdre E Wendel1, Alex Hoffmann2, Miguel Martínez Ledesma3, Matthew Finley4, Eftyhia Zesta1, Andrew Mentges5, Robert Broadfoot6, Forrest Austin Tanner7, Michael Wenkel8,9 and Michael Pannicia9, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (3)University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, (4)University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Environmental Test Engineering and Integration, Greenbelt, United States, (6)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Components and Hardware Systems, Greenbelt, United States, (8)Peraton, Reston, VA, United States, (9)National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Springfield, United States
 
Using Machine Learning to Generate POES MEPED Electron Flux Maps (1998934)
Sadie Elliott1, Justin Peyton Bernardo Morales2, Joshua Pettit3, Luisa Capannolo4 and Alexander Bibeau2, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)George Mason University Fairfax, Astronomy and Physics, Fairfax, United States, (3)Univ Colorado, Boulder, United States, (4)Boston University, Boston, United States
 
The AEPEX Mission: What Coded Aperture Optics can Reveal about Radiation Belt Dynamics (1999448)
Wyatt Spies1, Robert Andrew Marshall1, Christopher M Cully2 and Michael McCarthy3, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, (2)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States
 
The Current Density Coil: Direct measurements of electrical currents in space plasmas (2003942)
Matthew R Argall, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department for Physics and Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, Durham, NH, United States, Sophie Kuliyeva, Carleton College, Northfield, United States and Hanieh Karimi, University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States