Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory

Oersted Mag-R: Calibrated CSC and raw SIM data

ResourceID

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

Description

This dataset contains 1 second measurements of the magnetic field vector from the Compact Spherical Coil (CSC) Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer and matrices describing rotation from J2000 reference system to stellar compass coordinate system and Earth Centered, Earth Fixed polar coordinates to J2000 reference system on the Oersted spacecraft.

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Details

Version:2.3.0

NumericalData

ResourceID

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

ResourceHeader

ResourceName: Oersted Mag-R: Calibrated CSC and raw SIM data

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

Description

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-R Data

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

Description

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

Language: en

PriorIDs

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

spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Oersted/CSC/MAGR/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-r/

Description

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

Format: Text

Acknowledgement: Dr. Fritz Primdahl;

ProcessingLevel: Calibrated

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

ProviderProcessingLevel: Calibrated

InstrumentIDs

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Oersted/CSC

MeasurementType: MagneticField

TemporalDescription

TimeSpan

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

StopDate: 2007-12-31 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 CSC Magnetic Field Vector in CSC coordinates

ParameterKey: Magnetic Field Vectors

Description

Magnetic field vector for Oersted in CSC coordinate sstem in units of nT.

Cadence: PT1S

Units: nT

CoordinateSystem

CoordinateRepresentation: Cartesian

CoordinateSystemName: SC

Structure

Size: 3

Element

Name: B1

Qualifier: Component.I

Index: 1

ParameterKey: B1

Element

Name: B2

Qualifier: Component.J

Index: 2

ParameterKey: B2

Element

Name: B3

Qualifier: Component.K

Index: 3

ParameterKey: B3

Field

Qualifier: Vector

FieldQuantity: Magnetic

Parameter #4

Name: J2000 to Stella compass quaternion

ParameterKey: J2000 2 SIM

Description

A quaternion describing the rotation from j2000 star coordinate system to the stella compass coordinate system.

Cadence: PT1S

Units: unitless

Structure

Size: 4

Element

Name: Q1

Qualifier: Tensor

Index: 1

Element

Name: Q2

Qualifier: Tensor

Index: 2

Element

Name: Q3

Qualifier: Tensor

Index: 3

Element

Name: Q4

Qualifier: Tensor

Index: 4

Support

SupportQuantity: Other

Parameter #5

Name: Earth Centered, Earth Fixed to J2000 quaternion

ParameterKey: ECEF 2 J2000

Description

A quaternion describing the rotation from ECEF (Earth Centered, Earth Fixed) coordinate system (Note: not the local system) to the j2000 star coordinate system.

Cadence: PT1S

Units: unitless

Structure

Size: 4

Element

Name: Q1

Qualifier: Tensor

Index: 1

Element

Name: Q2

Qualifier: Tensor

Index: 2

Element

Name: Q3

Qualifier: Tensor

Index: 3

Element

Name: Q4

Qualifier: Tensor

Index: 4

Support

SupportQuantity: Other