ISTP Missions and Experiments

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Mission(Short Acronym)	Experiment

CLUSTER	(CL)  		WEC	Wave experiment consortium
			FGM	Magnetic field investigation
			PEA	Plasma electron experiment
			CIS	Hot Ion Analyzer
			EFW	Dawn dusk electric field, probe-s/c volt, 
				current

CANOPUS	(CN)		ASI   ALL SKY IMAGER                                 
			BARS  BISTATIC AURORAL RADAR SYSTEM                  
			MARI  MAGNETOMETER AND RIOMETER ARRAY (MARIA)        
			MPA   MERIDIAN PHOTOMETER ARRAY                      

DARN	(DN)		BARS  BARS VHF RADAR       
			GBAY  GOOSE BAY HF RADAR                             
			ICEW  ICELAND WEST (ICEW) RADAR                      
			KAPU  KAPUSKASING (KAPU) RADAR                       
			PACE  HALLEY STATION, POLAR ANGLO-AMERICAN 
			      CONJUGATE EXPERIMENT
			SABR  SABRE VHF RADAR                                
			SASK  SASKATOON (SASK) RADAR                         
			SCHF  SCHEFFERVILLE HF RADAR                         

GOES	(G6/7)		EPS   LOW ENERGY PARTICLES AND ELECTRONS 
			MAG   MAGNETIC FIELDS                                
	(G8/9) NO KPs	EP8   LOW ENERGY PARTICLES AND ELECTRONS (3 CHANNELS
	       NO KPs	MAG   MAGNETIC FIELDS                                

GEOTAIL (GE)		CPI   COMPREHENSIVE PLASMA COMPOSITION          
			EFD   ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTOR                        
			EPI   ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND ION COMPOSITION        
	       NO KPs	HPB/L HIGH ENERGY PARTICLES                          
			LEP   LOW-ENERGY PARTICLES
			MGF   MAGNETIC FIELD                                 
			PWI   PLASMA WAVE INSTRUMENT                         

IMP-8	(I8)		CHE   UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COSMIC RAY EXPERIM  
			MAG   MAGNETIC FIELD INVESTIGATION                   
			MCE   MULTI-COORDINATE EPHEMERIS                     
			PLA   PLASMA INVESTIGATION                           

INTERBALL/Aurora (IBA)	ION		high temperature fluxes e, H+
	(no KPs)	SKA-3		high temperature fluxes e, H+
			PROMICS-3	high temperature fluxes O+,e,H+
			DOK-2A		high temperature plasma, and directions
			HYERBOLOID	O+,H+ cold plasma values
			KM-7		cold plasma, electrons temperature
			AP-3A		cold plasma, plasma density
			RON		cold plasma, beam current
			POLRAD		wave investigations
			MEMO		wave investigations
			IESP-2		electric and magnetic field
			IMAP-3		3 comp. magnetic field
			UVAI 		Auroral image

INTERBALL/Tail	 (IBT)	EMFT	IMAP/MIF-M	magnetic field
	(no KPs)	 "	OPERA		fluctuations E-field
			 "	MIF-M/PRAM	fluctuations B-field
			 "	IFPE/PRAM	fluctuations Electron Flux
			GPPT	ELECTRON	thermal plasma ne, Te
			 "	MONITOR		Solar wind ions
			 "	AP		Plasmasphere ions
			 "	EU-1/CORALL	Diverse magnetospheric regions
			EPTP	PROMICS		fluxes, currents O+
			 "	DOK-2		bi-direction energetic e, ions
			 "	SKA-2		fluxes e, ions

LANL	(L0/1/4/9)	MPA   MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA ANALYZER            
			SPA   SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT PARTICLE ANALYZER 
			      (energetic e, ions)

POLAR	(PO)		CAM   CHARGE AND MASS MAGNETOSPHERIC ION COMPOSITION
			CEP   COMPREHENSIVE ENERGETIC PARTICLE PITCH ANGLE EXP.
			EFI   ELECTRIC FIELDS                                
			HYD   FAST PLASMA ANALYZER                           
			MFE   MAGNETIC FIELDS                                
			PIX   POLAR IONOSPHERIC X-RAY IMAGING EXPERIME       
			PWI   PLASMA WAVE INSTRUMENT                        
			TID   THERMAL ION DYNAMICS EXPERIMENT                
			TIM   TORODIAL ION MASS SPECTROGRAPHS                
			UVI   ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER                         
			VIS   VISIBLE IMAGING SYSTEM                         

SESAME	(SE)		AIS   ADVANCED IONOSPHERIC SOUNDER              
			FPI   FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER                     
			MAG   FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETER                          
			RIO   RIOMETER                                       
			VLF   ELF/VLF LOGGER EXPERIMENT                      

SONDRESTROM (SN)	GISR  GREENLAND INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR
			
SOHO	(SO)		CEL   CELIAS CHARGE, ELEMENT, AND ISOTOPE ANALYSIS SYS. 
			CEP   COSTEP-ERNE PARTICLE ANALYSIS COLLABORATION
			CST   COMPREHENSIVE SUPRA THERMAL AND ENERGETIC e and p
			ERN   ENERGETIC AND RELATIVISTIC NUCLEI AND ELECTRONS
  some
  other SOHO experimts. EIT   EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING TELESCOPE
			CDS   CORONAL DIAGNOSTIC SPECTROMETER
			LAS   LARGE-ANGLE SPECTROMETRIC CORONOGRAPHER   
			MDI   MICHELSON DOPPLER IMAGER                       
			SWA   SOLAR WIND ANISOTROPIES                      
			TCF   TIME CORRELATION FILE                          
			UVC   ULTRAVIOLET CORONAL SPECTROMETER               
			VIR   VARIABILITY OF SOLAR IRRADIANCE GRAVITY

WIND	(WI)		3DP   3-D PLASMA ANALYZER                        
			EPA   ENERGETIC PARTICLE ACCELERATION COMPOSITION
			KON   KONUS                                      
			MFI   MAGNETIC FIELDS                            
			SMS   SOLAR/WIND SUPRATHERMAL ION COMPOSITION      
			SWE   SOLAR WIND EXPERIMENT                
			TGR   TRANSIENT GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETER       
			WAV   RADIO/PLASMA WAVE        
			WIFP  WIND FIELDS AND PARTICLES

• Daniel Berdichevsky - Raytheon STX Corporation at ISTP Science Planning and Operations Facility (SPOF)
  (e-mail: berdi@istp1.gsfc.nasa.gov)