This NASA-funded program to measure the time history of the nighttime E-region neutral winds was launched in June 2003 from Wallops Flight Facility, VA. In addition to collecting data to help researchers discover how these winds relate to the formation and descent
This NASA-funded program to measure the time history of the nighttime E-region neutral winds was launched in June 2003 from Wallops Flight Facility, VA. In addition to collecting data to help researchers discover how these winds relate to the formation and descent of intermediate layers, E-Winds also performed the first measurements of the layer of the ion composition after it had descended below 120 km.
Absolute plasma density was measured on the instrumented payload and the three mother-daughter payloads using a Plasma Frequency Probe (PFP) and Plasma Sweeping Probe (PSP) instrument combination provided by SDL. As a backup plasma density measurement technique (and a means of data comparison), a Direct Current Probe (DCP) instrument was included in th