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NumericalData

ResourceHeader

ResourceName

CRRES electric field and convection drift data

AlternateName

CRRES Langmuir Probe data

ReleaseDate

2019-05-05 12:34:56Z

Description

This data set includes the electric field and convection drift information from the CRRES spacecraft. The langmuir probe instrument data is at 30 s resolution. The files include the electric field vectors, elcetric field magnitude, and the convection drift vectors from both the spherical sensors and the cylindrical antennas.

Acknowledgement

NASA; Department of Defense-Department of the Air Force (United States); AFRL; Prof. Forrest S. Mozer; Dr. E. Gary Mullen

Contacts

	Role	Person
1.	PrincipalInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Forrest.S.Mozer
2.	PrincipalInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/E.Gary.Mullen
3.	MetadataContact	spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand

InformationURL

Name

CRRES Langmuir Probe Instrument Introduction

URL

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1990-065A-21

Description

NASA NSSDC CRRES Langmuir Probe Instrument

Association

AssociationID

spase://SMWG/Observatory/CRRES

AssociationType

ObservedBy

PriorIDs

spase://VMO/NumericalData/CRRES/LPI/PT30S

AccessInformation

RepositoryID

spase://SMWG/Repository/UCLA/VMO

Availability

Online

AccessRights

Open

AccessURL

Name

Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory

URL

http://vmo.igpp.ucla.edu/data1/CRRES/LPI/PT30S/

Format

Text

Encoding

ASCII

Acknowledgement

NASA; Department of Defense-Department of the Air Force (United States); AFRL; Prof. Forrest S. Mozer; Dr. E. Gary Mullen

ProcessingLevel

Calibrated

ProviderResourceName

CRRES Langmuir Probe Instrument Information

ProviderProcessingLevel

Level-2

MeasurementType

ElectricField

TemporalDescription

TimeSpan

StartDate

1990-10-11 00:00:00.000

StopDate

1991-10-13 00:00:00.000

Note

Time format in data files is: Year-Month-Day Hour Minute Second (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSS)

Cadence

PT30S

Parameter #1

Name

Universal Time

ParameterKey

Time

Description

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

Caveats

Flag=9999-12-31T23:59:59Z

Cadence

PT30S

CoordinateSystem

CoordinateRepresentation

Cartesian

CoordinateSystemName

GSE

Structure

Size

6

Description

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

Element

Name

Year

Index

1

ParameterKey

Year

Element

Name

Month

Index

2

ParameterKey

Month

Element

Name

Day

Index

3

ParameterKey

Day

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

CRRES Langmuir Probe Instrument Electric Field Vector Data from the Spherical Antenna at 30 s Resolution

ParameterKey

CRRES langmuir probe instrument spherical antenna electric field vector

Description

Langmuir probe instrument spherical antenna electric field vectors from CRRES. The coordinate system is a modified coordinate system with the x-axis pointing toward the sun, the y-axis pointing toward the dusk, and the z-axis pointing along the north ecliptic pole.

Caveats

Flags=99999; The coordinate system is a modified coordinate system with the x-axis pointing toward the sun, the y-axis pointing toward the dusk, and the z-axis pointing along the north ecliptic pole.

Cadence

PT30S

Units

mV/M

CoordinateSystem

CoordinateRepresentation

Cartesian

CoordinateSystemName

SC

Structure

Size

3

Element

Name

EX-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.I

Index

1

ParameterKey

Ex

Element

Name

EY-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.J

Index

2

ParameterKey

Ey

Element

Name

EZ-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.K

Index

3

ParameterKey

Ez

Field

Qualifier

Vector

FieldQuantity

Electric

Parameter #3

Name

CRRES Langmuir Probe Instrument Electric Field Magnitude Data from the Spherical Antenna at 30 s Resolution

ParameterKey

CRRES langmuir probe instrument spherical antenna electric field magnitude

Description

Langmuir probe instrument spherical antenna electric field magnitudes from CRRES.

Caveats

Flags=99999

Cadence

PT30S

Units

nT

Field

Qualifier

Magnitude

FieldQuantity

Electric

Parameter #4

Name

CRRES Langmuir Probe Instrument Electric Field Data from the Cylindrical Antenna at 30 s Resolution

ParameterKey

CRRES langmuir probe instrument cylindrical antenna electric field vector

Description

Langmuir probe instrument cylindrical antenna electric field vectors from CRRES. The coordinate system is a modified coordinate system with the x-axis pointing toward the sun, the y-axis pointing toward the dusk, and the z-axis pointing along the north ecliptic pole.

Caveats

Flags=99999; The coordinate system is a modified coordinate system with the x-axis pointing toward the sun, the y-axis pointing toward the dusk, and the z-axis pointing along the north ecliptic pole.

Cadence

PT30S

Units

mV/M

CoordinateSystem

CoordinateRepresentation

Cartesian

CoordinateSystemName

SC

Structure

Size

3

Element

Name

EX-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.I

Index

1

ParameterKey

Ex

Element

Name

EY-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.J

Index

2

ParameterKey

Ey

Element

Name

EZ-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.K

Index

3

ParameterKey

Ez

Field

Qualifier

Vector

FieldQuantity

Electric

Parameter #5

Name

CRRES Langmuir Probe Instrument Electric Field Magnitude Data from the Cylindrical Antenna at 30 s Resolution

ParameterKey

CRRES langmuir probe instrument cylindrical antenna electric field magnitude

Description

Langmuir probe instrument cylindrical antenna electric field magnitudes from CRRES.

Caveats

Flags=99999

Cadence

PT30S

Units

nT

Field

Qualifier

Magnitude

FieldQuantity

Electric

Parameter #6

Name

CRRES Langmuir Probe Instrument Convection Drift Velocity Vector Data from the Spherical Antenna at 30 s Resolution

ParameterKey

CRRES langmuir probe instrument spherical antenna convection drift velocity vector

Description

Langmuir probe instrument spherical antenna convection drift velocity vectors from CRRES. The coordinate system is a modified coordinate system with the x-axis pointing toward the sun, the y-axis pointing toward the dusk, and the z-axis pointing along the north ecliptic pole.

Caveats

Flags=99999; The coordinate system is a modified coordinate system with the x-axis pointing toward the sun, the y-axis pointing toward the dusk, and the z-axis pointing along the north ecliptic pole.

Cadence

PT30S

Units

km/s

CoordinateSystem

CoordinateRepresentation

Cartesian

CoordinateSystemName

SC

Structure

Size

3

Element

Name

VX-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.I

Index

1

ParameterKey

Vx

Element

Name

VY-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.J

Index

2

ParameterKey

Vy

Element

Name

VZ-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.K

Index

3

ParameterKey

Vz

Mixed

MixedQuantity

Other

Qualifier

Vector

Parameter #7

Name

CRRES Langmuir Probe Instrument Convection Drift Velocity Vector Data from the Cylindrical Antenna at 30 s Resolution

ParameterKey

CRRES langmuir probe instrument cylindrical antenna convection drift velocity vector

Description

Langmuir probe instrument cylindrical antenna convection drift velocity vectors from CRRES.

Caveats

Flags=99999

Cadence

PT30S

Units

km/s

CoordinateSystem

CoordinateRepresentation

Cartesian

CoordinateSystemName

SC

Structure

Size

3

Element

Name

VX-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.I

Index

1

ParameterKey

Vx

Element

Name

VY-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.J

Index

2

ParameterKey

Vy

Element

Name

VZ-MGSE

Qualifier

Component.K

Index

3

ParameterKey

Vz

Mixed

MixedQuantity

Other

Qualifier

Vector

Parameter #8

Name

CRRES Angle Between Fluxgate Magnetometer and the Spin Plane at 30 s resolution

ParameterKey

CRRES angle between the magnetic field and the spin plane

Description

CRRES angle between the magnetic field and the spin plane at 30 s resolution in untis of degrees.

Caveats

Flags=99999

Cadence

PT30S

Support

SupportQuantity

Other