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*A [[Vector Electric Field Instrument]] [[Image:Auroral oval.gif|thumb|right|An aurora as seen by one of the Dynamics Explorers]]
*A [[Neutral Atmosphere Composition Spectrometer]]
*A [[Wind and Temperature Spectrometer]] (WATS), which measured the zonal and vertical components of the neutral winds, as well as the kinetic temperature.<ref name=Spencer1982>Spencer, N. W., Wharton, L. E., Carignan, G. R. and Maurer, J. C. (1982), Thermosphere zonal winds, vertical motions and temperature as measured from Dynamics Explorer. Geophys. Res. Lett., 9: 953–956. doi:10.1029/GL009i009p00953.</ref> (The zonal wind component is the component in the direction of lines of latitude - i.e., east-west.) The WATS instrument on DE-2 is one of the few satellite instruments which has measured thermosphere vertical wind speeds, with the Neutral Atmosphere Temperature Instrument (NATE)<ref>Spencer, N. W.,
*A [[Fabry–Pérot interferometer]] (FPI), which measured the meridional component of the neutral winds.<ref name=Spencer1982 /> (The meridional wind component is the component in the direction of lines of longitude - i.e., north-south.)
*A [[Low-Altitude Plasma Instrument]]
*A [[Langmuir probe]]
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