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DSCOVR Fluxgate Magnetometer (MAG) Level 2 One Minute Averages

ResourceID
spase://NOAA/NumericalData/DSCOVR/PlasMag/FluxgateMagnetometer/PT1M

Description

Interplanetary magnetic field observations collected from magnetometer on DSCOVR satellite - 1-minute average of Level 1 data

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NumericalData

ResourceID
spase://NOAA/NumericalData/DSCOVR/PlasMag/FluxgateMagnetometer/PT1M
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
DSCOVR Fluxgate Magnetometer (MAG) Level 2 One Minute Averages
ReleaseDate
2019-05-05 12:34:56Z
Description

Interplanetary magnetic field observations collected from magnetometer on DSCOVR satellite - 1-minute average of Level 1 data

Contacts
RolePerson
1.TechnicalContactspase://SMWG/Person/William.F.Rowland
2.DataProducerspase://SMWG/Person/Douglas.Biesecker
Association
AssociationID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/DSCOVR
AssociationType
PartOf
PriorIDs
spase://NOAA/NumericalData/DSCOVR/MAG/m1m
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NOAA/NCEI
AccessURL
URL
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dscovr/portal/index.html
Format
NetCDF
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/DSCOVR/PlasMag/FluxgateMagnetometer
MeasurementType
MagneticField
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2016-03-27 00:00:00Z
RelativeStopDate
-P1D
Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Exposure
PT1M
ObservedRegion
Heliosphere.NearEarth
Caveats
Keywords
L1
Solar Wind
Magnetic Field
Parameter #1
Name
bx_interplanetary_magnetic_field_strength_gse
ParameterKey
bx_gse
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field strength Bx component in Geocentric Solar Ecliptic coordinates

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
nT
UnitsConversion
1.0E-9>T
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSE
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
bx_gse (nT)
ValidMin
-65536
ValidMax
65536
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Component.I
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #2
Name
bt_interplanetary_magnetic_field_strength
ParameterKey
bt
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field strength Bt

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
nT
UnitsConversion
1.0E-9>T
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
bt (nT)
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
65536
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Total
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #3
Name
bz_interplanetary_magnetic_field_strength_gse
ParameterKey
bz_gse
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field strength Bz component in Geocentric Solar Ecliptic coordinates

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
nT
UnitsConversion
1.0E-9>T
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSE
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
bz_gse (nT)
ValidMin
-65536
ValidMax
65536
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Component.K
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #4
Name
by_interplanetary_magnetic_field_strength_gse
ParameterKey
by_gse
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field strength By component in Geocentric Solar Ecliptic coordinates

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
nT
UnitsConversion
1.0E-9>T
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSE
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
by_gse (nT)
ValidMin
-65536
ValidMax
65536
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Component.J
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #5
Name
sample_count
ParameterKey
sample_count
Description

number of full resolution measurements averaged

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
samples
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
sample_count (samples)
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
3000
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #6
Name
time
ParameterKey
time
Description

date and time for each observation

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
UnitsConversion
1.0E-3>s
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
time (ms)
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #7
Name
range
ParameterKey
range
Description

measurement range (~4x sensitivity increase per step)

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
7
Support
SupportQuantity
InstrumentMode
Parameter #8
Name
mode
ParameterKey
mode
Description

measurement range selection mode (0 = auto, 1 = manual)

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1
Support
SupportQuantity
InstrumentMode
Parameter #9
Name
phi_gse
ParameterKey
phi_gse
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field polar angle in Geocentric Solar Ecliptic coordinates

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
degrees
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSE
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
phi_gse (degrees)
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
360
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Component
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #10
Name
theta_gse
ParameterKey
theta_gse
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field clock angle in Geocentric Solar Ecliptic coordinates

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
degrees
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSE
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
theta_gse (degrees)
ValidMin
-90
ValidMax
90
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Component
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #11
Name
by_interplanetary_magnetic_field_strength_gsm
ParameterKey
by_gsm
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field strength By component in Geocentric Solar Magnetospheric coordinates

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
nT
UnitsConversion
1.0E-9>T
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSM
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
by_gsm (nT)
ValidMin
-65536
ValidMax
65536
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Component.J
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #12
Name
bx_interplanetary_magnetic_field_strength_gsm
ParameterKey
bx_gsm
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field strength Bx component in Geocentric Solar Magnetospheric coordinates

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
nT
UnitsConversion
1.0E-9>T
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSM
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
bx_gsm (nT)
ValidMin
-65536
ValidMax
65536
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Component.I
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #13
Name
theta_gsm
ParameterKey
theta_gsm
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field clock angle in Geocentric Solar Magnetospheric coordinates

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
degrees
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSM
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
theta_gsm (degrees)
ValidMin
-90
ValidMax
90
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Component
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #14
Name
bz_interplanetary_magnetic_field_strength_gsm
ParameterKey
bz_gsm
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field strength Bz component in Geocentric Solar Magnetospheric coordinates

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
nT
UnitsConversion
1.0E-9>T
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSM
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
bz_gsm (nT)
ValidMin
-65536
ValidMax
65536
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Component.K
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #15
Name
backfilled_data_flag
ParameterKey
backfill_flag
Description

One or more measurements were backfilled from the spacecraft recorder and therefore were not available to forecasters in real-time

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #16
Name
phi_gsm
ParameterKey
phi_gsm
Description

Interplanetary Magnetic Field polar angle in Geocentric Solar Magnetospheric coordinates

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
degrees
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSM
RenderingHints
AxisLabel
phi_gsm (degrees)
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
360
FillValue
-99999.0
Field
Qualifier
Component
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #17
Name
packet_time_older_than_threshold_flag
ParameterKey
old_packet_time_flag
Description

One or more measurements were extracted from a packet whose timestamp was older than the threshold at the point of processing

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #18
Name
packet_time_in_future_flag
ParameterKey
future_packet_time_flag
Description

One or more measurements were extracted from a packet whose timestamp was in the future at the point of processing

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #19
Name
possible_magnetometer_saturation_flag
ParameterKey
possible_saturation_flag
Description

Possible magnetometer saturation based on a measurement range smaller than the next packet's range or by the mag being in manual range mode.

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #20
Name
fill_flag
ParameterKey
fill_flag
Description

Fill

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #21
Name
calibration_mode_flag
ParameterKey
calibration_mode_flag
Description

Instrument in calibration mode

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #22
Name
AOCS_non_science_mode_maneuver_or_safehold_flag
ParameterKey
maneuver_flag
Description

AOCS non-science mode (spacecraft maneuver/safehold)

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #23
Name
average_sample_count_below_threshold_flag
ParameterKey
low_sample_count_flag
Description

Average sample count below threshold

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #24
Name
overall_quality
ParameterKey
overall_quality
Description

Overall sample quality (0 = normal, 1 = suspect, 2 = error)

Cadence
PT0H1M0S
Units
n/a
Support
SupportQuantity
Other