Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory

Oersted Prelim Mag-L: High Precision Magnetic Field Data

ResourceID

spase://ESA/NumericalData/Oersted/CSC/MAGL/PT1S

Description

This dataset contains 1 second measurements of the magnetic field vector from the Compact Spherical Coil (CSC) Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer on the Oersted spacecraft.

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Details

Version:2.3.0

NumericalData

ResourceID

spase://ESA/NumericalData/Oersted/CSC/MAGL/PT1S

ResourceHeader

ResourceName: Oersted Prelim Mag-L: High Precision Magnetic Field Data

ReleaseDate: 2019-05-05 12:34:56Z

Description

This dataset contains 1 second measurements of the magnetic field vector from the Compact Spherical Coil (CSC) Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer on the Oersted spacecraft.

Acknowledgement: Dr. Fritz Primdahl; Dr. Ib Laursen; The European Space Agency; Danish Meteorological Institute (Denmark); Danish Ministry of Commerce (Denmark); Danish Ministry of Transportation (Denmark); Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States); Danish Ministry of Science (Denmark); Danish Space Research Institute (Denmark)

Contacts

	Role	Person
1.	PrincipalInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Fritz.Primdahl

InformationURL

Name: NSSDC's Master Catalog

URL: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1999-008B-01

Description

Information about the Oersted Compact Spherical Coil Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer.

Language: en

InformationURL

Name: MAG-L Data

URL: https://ftp.space.dtu.dk/data/magnetic-satellites/Oersted/mag-l/

Description

Information about the Compact Spherical Coil Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer MAG-L data format.

Language: en

PriorIDs

spase://VMO/NumericalData/Oersted/CSC/MAGL/PT1S

spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Oersted/CSC/MAGL/PT1S

AccessInformation

RepositoryID: spase://SMWG/Repository/UCLA/VMO

Availability: Online

AccessRights: Open

AccessURL

Name: Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory

URL: http://vmo.igpp.ucla.edu/data1/Oersted/mag-l/

Description

Compact Spherical Coil Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer MAG-L data format clearly described.

Format: Text

Acknowledgement: Dr. Fritz Primdahl;

ProcessingLevel: Calibrated

ProviderResourceName: Compact Spherical Coil Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer MAG-L data

ProviderProcessingLevel: Calibrated

InstrumentIDs

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Oersted/CSC

MeasurementType: MagneticField

TemporalDescription

TimeSpan

StartDate: 1999-03-15 00:00:00Z

StopDate: 2007-11-22 23:59:59Z

Note: It is not clear if this mission is still active.

Cadence: PT1S

ObservedRegion: Earth.NearSurface

ObservedRegion: Earth.NearSurface.AuroralRegion

ObservedRegion: Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere

ObservedRegion: Earth.NearSurface.PolarCap

Parameter #1

Name: Universal Time

ParameterKey: Time

Description

Universal time columns from left to right are: year-month-day (yyyy-mm-dd) and seconds of the day.

Cadence: PT1S

Structure

Size: 2

Description

Universal Time expressed using a 6-column day, month, year, hour, minute, second representation

Element

Name: Year-Month-Day

Index: 1

ParameterKey: Column_1-Column_2-Column_3

Element

Name: Second

Index: 2

ParameterKey: Second

Support

SupportQuantity: Temporal

Parameter #2

Name: Oersted Spacecraft Position Vector in ECEF polar coordinates

ParameterKey: Position Vectors

Description

Location of the spacecraft in Earth Centered, Earth Fixed polar coordinates in units of Re and degrees.

Cadence: PT1S

CoordinateSystem

CoordinateRepresentation: Spherical

CoordinateSystemName: ECEF

Structure

Size: 3

Element

Name: Radius

Qualifier: Component.I

Index: 1

ParameterKey: r

Units: km

Element

Name: Theta

Qualifier: Component.J

Index: 2

ParameterKey: theta

Units: degrees

Element

Name: Phi

Qualifier: Component.K

Index: 3

ParameterKey: Phi

Units: degrees

Support

SupportQuantity: Positional

Parameter #3

Name: Oersted Stellar Compass boresight unit vector

ParameterKey: SIM vector

Description

This is a unit vector, giving the direction of the SIM boresight direction in the ECEF local coordinate system. It is given to facilitate adjusting for the non-uniform error distribution in the SIM instruments.

Cadence: PT1S

CoordinateSystem

CoordinateRepresentation: Cartesian

CoordinateSystemName: ECEF

Structure

Size: 3

Element

Name: Radial

Qualifier: Component.I

Index: 1

ParameterKey: n_r

Units: unitless

Element

Name: Southward

Qualifier: Component.J

Index: 2

ParameterKey: n_theta

Units: unitless

Element

Name: Eastward

Qualifier: Component.K

Index: 3

ParameterKey: n_phi

Units: unitless

Support

SupportQuantity: Positional

Parameter #4

Name: Magnetic Field Magnitude

ParameterKey: F

Description

Oersted CSC Magnitude data.

Cadence: PT1S

Units: nT

Field

Qualifier: Magnitude

FieldQuantity: Magnetic

Parameter #5

Name: Oersted CSC Magnetic Field Vectors in ECEF polar coordinates

ParameterKey: Magnetic Field Vectors

Description

Magnetic field vector for Oersted in Earth Centered, Earth Fixed polar coordinates in units of nT.

Cadence: PT1S

Units: nT

CoordinateSystem

CoordinateRepresentation: Cartesian

CoordinateSystemName: ECEF

Structure

Size: 3

Element

Name: Radial component

Qualifier: Component.I

Index: 1

ParameterKey: Br

Element

Name: Southward component

Qualifier: Component.J

Index: 2

ParameterKey: Btheta

Element

Name: Eastward component

Qualifier: Component.K

Index: 3

ParameterKey: Bphi

Field

Qualifier: Vector

FieldQuantity: Magnetic