urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:pvo.oefd 1.0 1.7.0.0 Product_Context 2020-08-26 1.0 extracted metadata from PDS3 catalog and modified to comply with PDS4 Information Model urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.pvo::1.0 instrument_to_instrument_host Scarf, F.L., G.M. Crook, I.M. Green, and P.F. Virobik, 'Initial results of the Pioneer 8 VLF electric field experiment', J. Geophys. Res., vol. 73, p. 6665, 1968. reference.SCARFETAL1968 Scarf, F.L., I.M. Green and G.M. Crook, 'the Pioneer 9 electric field experiment : Part 1', Cosmic Electrodynamics, vol. 1, p. 496, 1971. reference.SCARFETAL1971 Scarf, F.L., W.W.L. Taylor, and I.M. Green, 'Plasma waves near Venus: Initial observations', Science, vol. 203, p. 748, 1979. reference.SCARFETAL1979B Scarf, F.L., W.W.L. Taylor, and P.F. Virobik, 'The Pioneer Venus Orbiter Plasma Investigation', IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Jan. 1980, Vol. GE-18, No. 1, p. 36, 1980. reference.SCARFETAL1980 Taylor, W.W.L., F.L. Scarf, C.T. Russell, and L.H. Brace, 'Evidence for lightning on Venus', Nature, vol. 279, p. 614, 1979. reference.TAYLORETAL1979A Taylor, W.W.L, F.L. Scarf, C.T. Russell, and L.H. Brace, 'Absorption of whistler mode waves in the ionosphere of Venus', Science, vol. 205, p. 112, 1979. reference.TAYLORETAL1979B PLASMA WAVE ANALYZER Plasma Wave Spectrometer not applicable not applicable PI PDS USER ID : RSTRANGEWAY BUILD DATE : 1976 INSTRUMENT MASS : 0.55 INSTRUMENT HEIGHT : 0.075 INSTRUMENT LENGTH : 0.190 INSTRUMENT WIDTH : 0.066 INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURER NAME : TRW INSTRUMENT SERIAL NUMBER : '5971-02' ------------------------------------------------------ The Pioneer Venus Orbiter Plasma Wave Investigation F.L. Scarf, W.W.L. Taylor, and P.F. Virobik IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 1980 ---------------------------------------------------- Abstract ======== The Pioneer Venus plasma wave instrument has a self-contained balanced electric dipole (effective length = 0.75 m) and a 4-channel spectrum analyzer (30-percent band width filters with center frequencies at 100 Hz, 5.4 kHz, and 30 kHz). The channels are continuously active and the highest Orbiter telemetry rate (2048 bps) yields 4 spectral scans/s. The total mass of 0.55 kg includes the electronics, the antenna, and the antenna deployment mechanism. This report contains a brief description of the instrument design and a discussion of the in-flight performance.