Geotail Regime Identification and Distant Tail Variability

ResourceID

spase://JAXA/NumericalData/Geotail/Regime_ID/PT1M

Description

Geotail Regime Identification for the Deep Tail Phase of the Mission. The Time Resolution of the Data Set is Variable since the Regime ID is only listed when Geotail passes from one Regime to Another with Times listed to the Nearest Minute.

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NumericalData

ResourceID

spase://JAXA/NumericalData/Geotail/Regime_ID/PT1M

ResourceHeader

ResourceName: Geotail Regime Identification and Distant Tail Variability

ReleaseDate: 2019-08-05 15:03:35Z

Description

Acknowledgement: Dick McEntire

Contacts

	Role	Person
1.	PrincipalInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Anthony.T.Y.Lui
2.	FormerPI	spase://SMWG/Person/Donald.J.Williams
3.	FormerPI	spase://SMWG/Person/Richard.W.McEntire
4.	CoInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Stephen.P.Christon
5.	CoInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Timothy.E.Eastman
6.	GeneralContact	spase://SMWG/Person/Stuart.R.Nylund
7.	GeneralContact	spase://SMWG/Person/Robert.E.McGuire
8.	MetadataContact	spase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze

InformationURL

Name: Magnetospheric Plasma Regimes identified using Geotail Measurements 1. Regime Identification and Distant Tail Variability

URL: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/98JA01915

Description

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 103, Issue A10, Pages 23503-23520, October 1, 1998

InformationURL

Name: Magnetospheric Plasma Regimes using Geotail Measurements 2: Statistics, Spatial Distribution, and Geomagnetic Dependence

URL: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/98JA01914

Description

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 103, Issue A10, Pages 23521-23542, October 1, 1998

InformationURL

Name: Description of Regime ID data product

URL: https://spdf.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/geotail/epic/documents/GEOTAIL_Magnetospheric_Regime_Identification_data_product.pdf

Description

A Description of the GEOTAIL Magnetospheric Regime Identification Data Product

InformationURL

Name: JHU/APL GEOTAIL/EPIC Science Data Center (SDC)

URL: http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/Geotail/

Description

The SDC is the central processing and analysis facility for the EPIC particle instrument, one of seven instruments in the GEOTAIL mission

PriorIDs

spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Geotail/Regime_ID/PT1M

AccessInformation

RepositoryID: spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF

Availability: Online

AccessRights: Open

AccessURL

Name: FTP access to Regime ID file (CDF) at SPDF

URL: ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/geotail/orbit/regime_id/ge_regime_id_199210010000_v01.cdf

Description

In CDF via ftp from SPDF.

AccessURL

Name: HTTP access to Regime ID file (CDF) at SPDF

URL: https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/geotail/orbit/regime_id/ge_regime_id_199210010000_v01.cdf

Description

In CDF via http from SPDF.

Format: CDF

Encoding: None

Acknowledgement: When using these data, please acknowledge the following Geotail Instruments that contributed to this study: CPI, LEP, MGF, PWI and EPIC.

AccessInformation

RepositoryID: spase://SMWG/Repository/JHU_APL

Availability: Online

AccessRights: Open

AccessURL

Name: HTTP access to Regime ID file (ASCII) at EPIC

URL: http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/Geotail/geotail_regime_id_kp.txt

Description

Geotail Regime ID file in ASCII at EPIC

Format: Text.ASCII

ProcessingLevel: Calibrated

InstrumentIDs

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Geotail/CPI/HPA

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Geotail/CPI/SWA

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Geotail/CPI

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Geotail/EFD

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Geotail/Ephemeris

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Geotail/EPIC

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Geotail/LEP

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Geotail/MGF

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Geotail/PWI

MeasurementType: ActivityIndex

MeasurementType: Ephemeris

TemporalDescription

TimeSpan

StartDate: 1992-10-01 00:00:00.000

StopDate: 1994-10-31 20:17:00.000

Cadence: PT1M

Parameter #1

Name: Time

ParameterKey: Epoch

Description

Time, centered, in NSSDC Epoch

Caveats: This parameter exhibits an increasing monotonic progression.

Cadence: PT1M

Units: ms

UnitsConversion: 1.0e-3>s

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: CDF Epoch

ScaleMin: 6.2883108219904e+13

ScaleMax: 6.3776642619904e+13

ValidMin: 01-Oct-1992T00:00:00.000

ValidMax: 31-Oct-1994T20:17:00.000

FillValue: -1.0e+31

Support

SupportQuantity: Temporal

Parameter #2

Name: Interval

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: Interval

Description

Time Interval spanned when Geotail remained within a Single Plasma Regime

Cadence: PT1M

Units: min

UnitsConversion: 60$gt;s

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

AxisLabel: Interval

ValueFormat: I5

ScaleMin: 1

ScaleMax: 99999

ValidMin: 1

ValidMax: 99999

Support

SupportQuantity: Temporal

Parameter #3

Name: Kp Minimum

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: KPmin

Description

Kp Minimum during the Regime Time Interval

Cadence: PT1M

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

AxisLabel: KP minimum

ValueFormat: F4.1

ScaleMin: 0.0

ScaleMax: 10.0

ValidMin: 0.0

ValidMax: 10.0

Mixed

MixedQuantity: Other

Parameter #4

Name: Kp Average

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: KPavg

Description

Kp Average during the Regime Time Interval

Cadence: PT1M

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

AxisLabel: KP average

ValueFormat: F4.1

ScaleMin: 0.0

ScaleMax: 10.0

ValidMin: 0.0

ValidMax: 10.0

Mixed

MixedQuantity: Other

Parameter #5

Name: Kp Maximum

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: KPmax

Description

Kp Maximum during the Regime Time Interval

Cadence: PT1M

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

AxisLabel: KP maximum

ValueFormat: F4.1

ScaleMin: 0.0

ScaleMax: 10.0

ValidMin: 0.0

ValidMax: 10.0

Mixed

MixedQuantity: Other

Parameter #6

Name: Start Position (GSE)

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: Start_Pos_GSE

Description

Position of Geotail at the Start of the Time Interval for the given Regime, Cartesian GSE Coordinates

Cadence: PT1M

Units: Earth Radii

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

ValueFormat: F7.1

ScaleMin: -1000.0

ScaleMax: 1000.0

Structure

Size: 3

Element

Name: Start Position X GSE

Index: 1

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: x

Element

Name: Start Position Y GSE

Index: 2

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: y

Element

Name: Start Position Z GSE

Index: 3

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: z

ValidMin: -1000.0

ValidMax: 1000.0

Support

SupportQuantity: Positional

Parameter #7

Name: Stop Position (GSE)

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: Stop_Pos_GSE

Description

Position of Geotail at the End of the Time Interval for the given Regime, Cartesian GSE Coordinates

Cadence: PT1M

Units: Earth Radii

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

ValueFormat: F7.1

ScaleMin: -1000.0

ScaleMax: 1000.0

Structure

Size: 3

Element

Name: Stop Position X GSE

Index: 1

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: x

Element

Name: Stop Position Y GSE

Index: 2

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: y

Element

Name: Stop Position Z GSE

Index: 3

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: z

ValidMin: -1000.0

ValidMax: 1000.0

Support

SupportQuantity: Positional

Parameter #8

Name: Region

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: Region

Description

Region Abbreviation Code

Caveats: BL - Boundary Layer: Mantle here; High B (>5 Gauss), +Bx (>4 Gauss), Low dB, no EM Waves BS - Bow Shock (similar to SW) Cal - Calibration Period d(cs) - Distance to Current Sheet FF - Fast Flow Event (similar to PS) FL - Flare, used when there is some Flare Background FR - Flow Reversal LB - Lobe: Mostly <1 keV Ions MG - Magnetosphere: Ions >1-5 keV, 1-10 keV Electrons (e-) (similar to PS) MS - Magnetosheath: Low B (<5 Gauss), -Bx, High dB, EM Waves, >1 keV Ions PS - Plasma Sheet: 100 eV+ Ions, < ~1 keV Electrons (e-) RF - Reduced Flow (See p. 3 of the Publication identified in Information URL) Rot - B Rotation without Boundary in Plasma RTO - Repeated Transient Observations Sat - 'Saturated' Plasma Instrument Readout(s) or Data was Difficult to Interpret SW - Solar Wind Gap - No ID Available due to a Gap in the Data Record ? - Unknown No_ID - No ID characterizes the Period

Cadence: PT1M

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: Region ID

ValueFormat: A8

Support

SupportQuantity: Positional

Parameter #9

Name: RegionID

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: RegionID

Description

RegionID

Cadence: PT1M

Units: min

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

AxisLabel: RegionID

ValueFormat: I2

ScaleMin: 1

ScaleMax: 99

ValidMin: 1

ValidMax: 99

Support

SupportQuantity: Positional

Parameter #10

Name: Region Notes

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: RegionNotes

Description

Region Notes

Cadence: PT1M

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: Region notes

ValueFormat: A80

Support

SupportQuantity: Other