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NumericalData

ResourceHeader

ResourceName

Southern Auroral Electrojet Index at 60 sec Resolution

AlternateName

SAE index

DOI

10.21978/P8534W

ReleaseDate

2020-05-22 20:25:57Z

Description

The southern auroral electrojet (SAE) index is constructed from 7 ground magnetometers in the southern auroral region. This data set contains a southern auroral electrojet (SAE) index, a southern auroral lower (SAL) index, and a southern auroral upper (SAU) index. Availability of the SAE index may vary from day to day depending upon magnetometer data availabiliy. SAE indices were only produced when data from all stations were available. Details on the magnetometer arrays are available at: Weygand, J.M., and E. Zesta, Comparison of auroral electrojet indices in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A08202, doi:10.1029/2008JA013055, 2008.

Acknowledgement

Dr. E. Zesta; Dr. J.M. Weygand; British Antarctic Survey (BAS); Geomagnetism Section, Geoscience Australia; South American Meridional B-field Array (SAMBA); Russian Arctic and Antarctic Magnetometer (RAM) network; National Institute of Polar Research

PublicationInfo

Authors

Weygand, James, M; McPherron, Robert, L

PublicationDate

2006-01-01 00:00:00

PublishedBy

UCLA

Contacts

	Role	Person
1.	ProjectScientist	spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand
2.	MetadataContact	spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand

InformationURL

Name

Journal of Geophysical Research article on the Southern Auroral Electrojet Index

URL

https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JA013055

Description

Research Article on the development and first use of the SAE index.

PriorIDs

spase://VMO/NumericalData/SAE/Magnetometer/PT60S

spase://VSPO/NumericalData/SAE/Magnetometer/PT60S

AccessInformation

RepositoryID

spase://SMWG/Repository/SAE

Availability

Online

AccessRights

Open

AccessURL

Name

Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory

URL

http://vmo.igpp.ucla.edu/data1/SAE/

Description

Southern Auroral electrojet Index

Format

Text

Acknowledgement

Dr. E. Zesta; Dr. J.M. Weygand; British Antarctic Survey (BAS); Geomagnetism Section, Geoscience Australia; South American Meridional B-field Array (SAMBA); Russian Arctic and Antarctic Magnetometer (RAM) network; National Institute of Polar Research; Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory

ProcessingLevel

Calibrated

ProviderProcessingLevel

Calibrated

MeasurementType

MagneticField

TemporalDescription

TimeSpan

StartDate

2005-12-03 00:00:00

StopDate

2010-08-31 23:59:59

Note

Time format in data files is: day, month, year hour, min, seconds. Ex: '01-Jan-1981 00:00:00.000'

Cadence

PT60S

Parameter #1

Name

Universal Time

ParameterKey

Time

Description

Interpolated universal time columns from left to right are: day month year hour minute sec in the format of dd mm yyyy hh mm ss.

Cadence

PT60S

Structure

Size

6

Description

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

Element

Name

Day

Index

1

ParameterKey

Day

Element

Name

Month

Index

2

ParameterKey

Month

Element

Name

Year

Index

3

ParameterKey

Year

Element

Name

Hour

Index

4

ParameterKey

Hour

Element

Name

Minute

Index

5

ParameterKey

Minute

Element

Name

Second

Index

6

ParameterKey

Second

Support

SupportQuantity

Temporal

Parameter #2

Name

Southern Auroral Electrojet Lower Index

ParameterKey

SAL index

Description

These data are the southern auroral electrojet lower index in units of nT at 60 s resolution. These values were determined using the same method as the World Data Center AL index.

Caveats

The 5 quiest days were not alway available from the ground magnetometers. The next available quietest day was used instead. Also be aware of spikes in the data from original magnetometer data sets.

Cadence

PT60S

Units

nT

Field

Qualifier

Vector

FieldQuantity

Magnetic

Parameter #3

Name

Southern Auroral Electrojet Upper Index

ParameterKey

SAU index

Description

These data are the southern auroral electrojet upper Index in units of nT at 60 s resolution. These values were determined using the same meathod as the World Data Center AU index.

Cadence

PT60S

Units

nT

Field

Qualifier

Vector

FieldQuantity

Magnetic

Parameter #4

Name

Southern Auroral Electrojet Index

ParameterKey

SAE index

Description

These data are the southern auroral electrojet index in units of nT at 60 s resolution. These values were determined using the same meathod as the World Data Center AE index.

Cadence

PT60S

Units

nT

Field

Qualifier

Vector

FieldQuantity

Magnetic