Intercalibration of solar wind instruments during the international magnetospheric study

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Abstract
Systematic discrepancies have been observed between ion density measurements taken by the electrostatic analyzers on ISEE 3 and the Faraday cup and electrostatic analyzer on board the IMP 8 spacecraft during the International Magnetospheric Study. We have quantified these discrepancies as a function of solar wind bulk velocity and ion temperature, and have developed correction algorithms that should bring all density measurements to a common base. The electron densities from ISEE 3 are used as the intercalibrating base, since these measurements of the solar wind density should not depend on the ion velocity or temperature.

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