DE 2 250ms IDM Ion Drift Velocities

ResourceID

spase://VSPO/NumericalData/DE2/IDM/PT0.25S

Description

This data set contains cross-track ion drift
velocities obtained at 250ms resolution from the DE 2 Ion Drift
Meter (IDM). Data are available in ASCII from nssdcftp and in CDF
format from CDAWeb (as well as CDAWeb plots and lists).

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Details

Version:2.2.9

NumericalData

ResourceID

spase://VSPO/NumericalData/DE2/IDM/PT0.25S

ResourceHeader

ResourceName: DE 2 250ms IDM Ion Drift Velocities

AlternateName: Dynamics Explorer 2 IDM Ion Drift Velocities

AlternateName: DE-B IDM Ion Drift Velocities

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

Description

Acknowledgement: Please acknowledge the IDM Principal Investigator, Dr. R.A. Heelis

Contacts

	Role	Person
1.	PrincipalInvestigator	spase://SMWG/Person/Roderick.A.Heelis
2.	MetadataContact	spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand
3.	GeneralContact	spase://SMWG/Person/Robert.M.Candey

InformationURL

Name: Readme file at SPDF

URL: ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/de/de2/plasma_idm/00readme.txt

InformationURL

Name: NSSDC's Master Catalog on the Ion Drift Meter

URL: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1981-070B-06

Description

Introduction to the Ion Drift Meter Observations on DE 2

PriorIDs

spase://VMO/NumericalData/DE2/IDM/PT0.25S

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/de/de2/plasma_idm/

Description

For ftp retrieval of daily CDF files

AccessURL

Name: HTTP access to files at SPDF

URL: https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/de/de2/plasma_idm/

Description

In CDF via HTTP from CDAWeb

Format: CDF

DataExtent

Quantity: 700

Units: KB

Per: P1D

Acknowledgement: Please acknowledge the IDM Principal Investigator, Dr. R.A. Heelis, and the Space Physics Data Facility at NASA/GSFC

AccessInformation

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

Availability: Online

AccessRights: Open

AccessURL

Name: CDAWeb

URL: https://cdaweb.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eval2.cgi?dataset=DE2_VION250MS_IDM&index=sp_phys

ProductKey: DE2_VION250MS_IDM

Description

For CDAWeb subset, plot and list capabilities

Format: Text

DataExtent

Quantity: 100

Units: KB

Per: PT1H

Acknowledgement: Please acknowledge the IDM Principal Investigator, Dr. R.A. Heelis, and the Space Physics Data Facility at NASA/GSFC

AccessInformation

RepositoryID: spase://SMWG/Repository/UCLA/DE2

Availability: Online

AccessRights: Open

AccessURL

Name: VMO UCLA

URL: http://vmo.igpp.ucla.edu/data1/DE2/IDM/vi_250ms_ascii/

Description

Dynamics Explorer 2 Ion Drift Meter 250 ms data

Format: Text

Encoding: ASCII

Acknowledgement: NASA; Roderick A. Heelis; VMO

ProcessingLevel: Calibrated

ProviderResourceName: Dynamics Explorer 2 Ion Drift Meter

ProviderProcessingLevel: Level-2

InstrumentIDs

spase://SMWG/Instrument/DynamicsExplorer2/IDM

MeasurementType: ThermalPlasma

TemporalDescription

TimeSpan

StartDate: 1981-08-15 00:00:00

StopDate: 1983-02-16 00:00:00

Cadence: PT0.25S

ObservedRegion: Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere

Caveats: The time format is variable

Keywords

250 ms

Auroral region

Polar Cap

Cusp

Radiation Belt

Plasmasphere

Dynamics Explorer 2

Dynamics Explorer

ion drift speed