Van Allen Probe B, Relativistic Proton Spectrometer, RPS, Proton Spectrometer Belt Research, PSBR, Data. The RPS Instrument is a Solid State Detector Telescope combined with a Cherenkov Radiator. It measures Protons with Energies from about 60 MeV to about 2 GeV. For more Information, see http://rbsp.aerospace.org/. For a complete Description of the Instrument, see Mazur et al., 2012, The Relativistic Proton Spectrometer (RPS) for the Van Allen Probes Mission (formerly known as Radiation Belt Storm Probes, RBSP), Space Science Reviews. DOI 10.1007/s11214-012-9926-9, http://www.springerlink.com/content/p84680786570g7qp/. The instrument PI, Joseph Mazur, can be reached at Joseph.E.Mazur@aero.org.
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Van Allen Probe B, Relativistic Proton Spectrometer, RPS, Proton Spectrometer Belt Research, PSBR, Data. The RPS Instrument is a Solid State Detector Telescope combined with a Cherenkov Radiator. It measures Protons with Energies from about 60 MeV to about 2 GeV. For more Information, see http://rbsp.aerospace.org/. For a complete Description of the Instrument, see Mazur et al., 2012, The Relativistic Proton Spectrometer (RPS) for the Van Allen Probes Mission (formerly known as Radiation Belt Storm Probes, RBSP), Space Science Reviews. DOI 10.1007/s11214-012-9926-9, http://www.springerlink.com/content/p84680786570g7qp/. The instrument PI, Joseph Mazur, can be reached at Joseph.E.Mazur@aero.org.
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Van Allen Probes Home Page, Exploring Earth's Radiation Belts and the Extremes of Space Weather, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Van Allen Probes Science Gateway for access to Data, Models, Software and Tools for Researchers, Students and the General Public at the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Van Allen Probes Science Gateway, Mission Rules of the Road for Data Usage, Applied Physics Laboratory at the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Van Allen Probes Relativistic Proton Spectrometer, RPS, Web Page for Instrument Description Summary and Data Access Links, at the Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory
Access to Data in CDF Format via ftp from SPDF
Access to Data in CDF Format via http from SPDF
Access to ASCII, CDF, and Plots via NASA/GSFC CDAWeb
Epoch Time, Coordinated Universal Time, UTC, Midpoint of 1 s Data
Seconds of Livetime in the Minute
Mission Elapsed Time, MET, Midpoint of the Minute in Seconds
Mission Day of Level 0 Files for this Data Point
Spacecraft Position Vector, Geographic, GEO, Cartesian Coordinates
Data Quality Flag, Spacecraft Position Vector, Geographic, GEO, Cartesian Coordinates, 0=Definitive, 1=Predicted
Orbit Number
Orbit Status: 0=Outbound, 1=Inbound
Orbit Epoch, Decimal Hours since Perigee
Earth Cone Angle, Half-Angle of Earth as seen from the Spacecraft
Measured Magnetic Field Vector, Geographic, GEO, Cartesian Coordinates
Measured Magnetic Field Flag: 0=MAG L0 File, 1=MAG L1 File, etc. If this Flag equals 255, then the Olson-Pfitzer 1977 Quiet, OP77Q, Magnetic Field Model is used for computing Alpha and Beta
Spin Rate, Omega, the Relativistic Proton Spectrometer, RPS, Spin Axis Vector in Geographic, GEO, Cartesian Coordinates, the Vector Norm is the Spin Rate
Data Channel Count Rate, Spectrograms based on EVENT_ENERGY_MIN2SSD, the Estimated Event Energy calculated by using the Average of Minimum 2 Solid State Detector, SSD, Deposits Algorithm
Proton Differential Flux Intensity, Unidirectional, Spectrograms versus Energy, Isotropic Assumption
RMS Error, Natural Logarithm of the Proton Differential Flux Intensity, ln(FPDI), Spectrograms versus Energy, Isotropic Assumption, including Poisson and Cross-Calibration Errors
Data Quality Flag, Proton Differential Flux Intensity, Unidirectional, Spectrograms versus Energy: 0=Highest Quality, 1=Problem with Time Resolution, 2=Contamination, 3=Saturation, 4=Other Problem, 5=Background, 10=Not yet quality checked
Mission accumulated Dose, Dosimeter 1, Front
Dose Rate, Dosimeter 1, Front
Mission accumulated Dose, Dosimeter 2, Side
Dose Rate, Dosimeter 2, Side
McIlwain L Shell Parameter for a locally mirroring Particle, computed by using the Olson-Pfitzer 1977 Quiet, OP77Q, Magnetic Field Model
Roederer L* generalized L Shell Parameter for a 90° Pitch Angle Particle, computed by using the Olson-Pfitzer 1977 Quiet, OP77Q, Magnetic Field Model
Third Drift Invariant, Phi, for a 90° Pitch Angle Particle, computed by using the Olson-Pfitzer 1977 Quiet, OP77Q, Magnetic Field Model
Equatorial Pitch Angle, Alpha, for a 90° Pitch Angle Particle, computed by using the Olson-Pfitzer 1977 Quiet, OP77Q, Magnetic Field Model
Model Spacecraft Magnetic Field Vector, Geographic, GEO, Cartesian Coordinates, computed by using the Olson-Pfitzer 1977 Quiet, OP77Q, Magnetic Field Model
Model Magnetic Field Magnitude, Field Line Local Minimum, computed by using the Olson-Pfitzer 1977 Quiet, OP77Q, Magnetic Field Model
Spacecraft Position, Magnetic Local Time, MLT, in Hours, computed by using the Olson-Pfitzer 1977 Quiet, OP77Q, Magnetic Field Model
Cross-Calibration Factors, Proton Differential Flux Intensity, relative to Reference Instrument
RMS Error, Natural Logarithm of the Proton Differential Flux Intensity, ln(FPDI), relative to Reference Instrument
Proton Energy Channel
Proton Channel, Nominal Energy Range for each Channel
Proton Flux Intensity, Differential, Geometric-Energy Factors, calculated from Bowtie Analysis