Space Instrumentation

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: SPACE 310 or SPACE 370 or graduate standing. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Fundamental principles and techniques of space physics observations and discussion of hardware and analysis techniques including in situ and remote sensing. The physical measurement principles, details of the designs of different instrumentation, and how instrument measurement output is converted to different parameters. The assumptions, limitations, and errors of different techniques to measure magnetized plasma, particle and field environments of the Earth, solar system objects and the Sun.