Ulysses Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS) Average Solar Wind Velocity, Isotope Ratios, and Iron Charge States, (M1), 3.5 h Data

ResourceID

spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Ulysses/SWICS/GSFC/SPDF/ChargeStates/PT3H30M

Description

This Data Set contains 3.5 hour Averages of the Solar Wind Ion Density Ratio (to O6+), Velocity And Temperature from the Ulysses Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer. Data Set Contact: R. von Steiger, International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland. Principal Investigators: J. Geiss, International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland, and G. Gloeckler, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. Reference: Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser., 92(2), 267-289 (1992). Relevant Web Sites: http://space.umd.edu/UMD_sensors/uls_swics.html.

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Version:2.3.0

NumericalData

ResourceID

spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Ulysses/SWICS/GSFC/SPDF/ChargeStates/PT3H30M

ResourceHeader

ResourceName: Ulysses Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS) Average Solar Wind Velocity, Isotope Ratios, and Iron Charge States, (M1), 3.5 h Data

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

Description

Acknowledgement: J. Geiss, G. Gloeckler, Please acknowledge the Principal Investigators, J. Geiss of the International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland, and G. Gloeckler of the University of Maryland, USA. Also, please acknowledge C. Tranquille of the Ulysses Data System, ESA/ESTEC, NL. See the UDS Users Guide, UDS_UG-02, available for download from http://helio.esa.int/ulysses/.

Contacts

	Role	Person
1.	PrincipalInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Johannes.Geiss
2.	PrincipalInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/George.Gloeckler
3.	MetadataContact	spase://SMWG/Person/Robert.E.McGuire
4.	MetadataContact	spase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze

InformationURL

Name: Ulysses SWICS Web Page

URL: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/ulysses/swics

Description

Ulysses Solar Wind Ion Composition Experiment, SWICS, Web Page

AccessInformation

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

Availability: Online

AccessRights: Open

AccessURL

Name: FTP access to files at SPDF

URL: ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/ulysses/plasma/swics_cdaweb/scs_m1/

Description

Access to Data in CDF Format via ftp from SPDF

AccessURL

Name: HTTP access to files at SPDF

URL: https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/ulysses/plasma/swics_cdaweb/scs_m1/

Description

Access to Data in CDF Format via http from SPDF

AccessURL

Name: CDAWeb

URL: https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html/

ProductKey: UY_M1_SCS

Description

Access to ASCII, CDF, and Plots via NASA/GSFC CDAWeb

Format: CDF

Encoding: None

Acknowledgement: J. Geiss, G. Gloeckler, Please acknowledge the Principal Investigators, J. Geiss of the International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland, and G. Gloeckler of the University of Maryland, USA. Also, please acknowledge C. Tranquille of the Ulysses Data System, ESA/ESTEC, NL. See the UDS Users Guide, UDS_UG-02, available for download from http://helio.esa.int/ulysses/. Please acknowledge the Data Providers and CDAWeb when using these Data.

ProcessingLevel: Calibrated

InstrumentIDs

spase://SMWG/Instrument/Ulysses/SWICS

MeasurementType: EnergeticParticles

MeasurementType: ThermalPlasma

TemporalDescription

TimeSpan

StartDate: 1990-12-07 00:00:00.000

StopDate: 2009-06-30 23:59:59.999

Cadence: PT3H30M

ObservedRegion: Heliosphere

ObservedRegion: Heliosphere.Inner

ObservedRegion: Heliosphere.NearEarth

ObservedRegion: Heliosphere.Outer

Parameter #1

Name: Epoch Time

ParameterKey: Epoch

Description

Epoch Time, NSSDC Format

Caveats: This parameter exhibits an increasing monotonic progression.

Cadence: PT3H30M

Units: ms

UnitsConversion: 1.0e-3>s

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: Epoch Time

ScaleMin: 6.2793511419904e+13

ScaleMax: 6.3413604219903e+13

ScaleType: LinearScale

ValidMin: 06-Oct-1990 00:00:00.000

ValidMax: 30-Jun-2009 23:59:59.999

FillValue: -1.0e+31

Support

SupportQuantity: Temporal

Parameter #2

Name: PB5 Time

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: Time_PB5

Description

Time in PB5 Format

Caveats: This parameter exhibits an increasing monotonic progression.

Cadence: PT3H30M

RenderingHints

ScaleType: LinearScale

Structure

Size: 3

Element

Name: year

Index: 1

Units: year

ValidMin: 1990.0

ValidMax: 2009.0

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: year

ScaleMin: 1990.0

ScaleMax: 2009.0

Element

Name: day of year

Index: 2

Units: d

ValidMin: 279.0

ValidMax: 181.0

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: day

ScaleMin: 279.0

ScaleMax: 181.0

Element

Name: ms of day

Index: 3

Units: ms

ValidMin: 0.0

ValidMax: 8.64e+07

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: ms

ScaleMin: 0.0

ScaleMax: 8.64e+07

FillValue: -2.14748e+09

Support

SupportQuantity: Temporal

Parameter #3

Name: Ulysses Mission Time

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: UMT

Description

Ulysses Mission Time in Days elapsed since October 6, 1990

Caveats: This parameter exhibits an increasing monotonic progression.

Cadence: PT3H30M

Units: d

UnitsConversion: 86400>s

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: UMT

ValueFormat: F9.4

ScaleMin: 0.0

ScaleMax: 6661.9

ScaleType: LinearScale

ValidMin: 0.0

ValidMax: 6661.9

FillValue: -1.0e+31

Support

SupportQuantity: Temporal

Parameter #4

Name: Alpha Particle Velocity

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: Velocity

Description

Alpha Particle Velocity

Cadence: PT3H30M

Units: km/s

UnitsConversion: 1.0e3>m/s

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

AxisLabel: Alpha Velocity

ValueFormat: F6.1

ScaleMin: 0.0

ScaleMax: 1000.0

ScaleType: LinearScale

ValidMin: 0.0

ValidMax: 1000.0

FillValue: -1.0e+31

Particle

ParticleType: AlphaParticle

Qualifier: Magnitude

ParticleQuantity: Velocity

AtomicNumber: 2

Parameter #5

Name: Ratio of Carbon 6+ to Carbon 5+

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: RATC6_C5

Description

Abundance Ratio of Carbon 6+ to 5+

Cadence: PT3H30M

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

AxisLabel: Ratio of Carbon 6+ to 5+

ValueFormat: F6.3

ScaleMin: 0.0

ScaleMax: 100.0

ScaleType: LogScale

ValidMin: 0.0

ValidMax: 100.0

FillValue: -1.0e+31

Particle

ParticleType: Ion

Qualifier: Ratio

ParticleQuantity: ChargeState

Parameter #6

Name: Ratio of Oxygen 7+ to Oxygen 6+

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: RATO7_O6

Description

Abundance Ratio of Oxygen 7+ to 6+

Cadence: PT3H30M

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

AxisLabel: Ratio of Oxygen 7+ to 6+

ValueFormat: F6.3

ScaleMin: 0.0

ScaleMax: 100.0

ScaleType: LogScale

ValidMin: 0.0

ValidMax: 100.0

FillValue: -1.0e+31

Particle

ParticleType: Ion

Qualifier: Ratio

ParticleQuantity: ChargeState

Parameter #7

Name: Ratio of Iron to Oxygen

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: RATFE_O

Description

Abundance Ratio of Iron to Oxygen

Cadence: PT3H30M

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

AxisLabel: Ratio of Iron to Oxygen

ValueFormat: F6.3

ScaleMin: 0.0

ScaleMax: 100.0

ScaleType: LogScale

ValidMin: 0.0

ValidMax: 100.0

FillValue: -1.0e+31

Particle

ParticleType: Ion

Qualifier: Ratio

ParticleQuantity: ChargeState

Parameter #8

Name: Iron Charge State

Set: Time series defined by using: EPOCH

ParameterKey: FECHARGE

Description

Iron Charge State

Cadence: PT3H30M

RenderingHints

DisplayType: TimeSeries

AxisLabel: Iron Charge State

ValueFormat: F4.1

ScaleMin: 0.0

ScaleMax: 26.0

ScaleType: LinearScale

ValidMin: 0.0

ValidMax: 26.0

FillValue: -1.0e+31

Particle

ParticleType: Ion

ParticleQuantity: ChargeState

Parameter #9

Name: Number of Instrument Cycles

Set: Time series defined by using: UMT

ParameterKey: NULL

Description

Number of Instrument Cycles

Cadence: PT3H30M

RenderingHints

AxisLabel: No. of Cycles

ValueFormat: I3

ScaleMin: 0

ScaleMax: 16

ScaleType: LinearScale

ValidMin: 0

ValidMax: 16

FillValue: 999

Support

SupportQuantity: Other