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In-flight calibration of the spin axis offset of a fluxgate magnetometer with an electron drift instrument

Russell, C. T.; Torkar, K.; Leinweber, H. K.

We show that the spin axis offset of a fluxgate magnetometer can be calibrated with an electron drift instrument (EDI) and that the required input time interval is relatively short. For missions such as Cluster or the upcoming Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission the spin axis offset of a fluxgate magnetometer could be determined on an orbital …