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- 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
Group: Instrument_Details
Entry_ID: CAMMICE
Group: Instrument_Identification
Instrument_Category: Solar/Space Observing Instruments
Instrument_Class: Particle Detectors
Short_Name: CAMMICE
Long_Name: Charge And Mass Ion Composition Experiment
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Group: Instrument_Associated_Sensors
Short_Name: HIT
Short_Name: MICS
End_Group
Group: Associated_Platforms
Short_Name: POLAR
End_Group
Online_Resource: http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/polar_inst.shtml#CAMMICE
Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1996-013A&ex=6
Sample_Image: http://spacedata.bu.edu/graphics/Polar/MICS%20Large.jpg
Group: Instrument_Logistics
Instrument_Start_Date: 1996-02-24
Instrument_Owner: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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End_Group
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