This data set contains Van Allen Probe A RBSPICE (Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ion Composition Experiment) Level 3 data, with TOF x (Time of Flight) pulse height hydrogen and oxygen fluxes that are measured at high-energy and low-time resolution by 6 telescopes in 28 channels from ~0.01-2.0 MeV. Data are available in physical units (counts/(ssrcm^2*MeV)) by telescope in sector order, with spin accumulations plotted at the end of accumulation. Also available are percentage error of measurement, quality flag, current sector number where each spin is dividied into 36 sectors, duration of the accumulation, current spin number of the spacecraft, orbit number, dipole L value using the SM reference frame, and position of the spacecraft in SM coordinates. Level 3 data include all level 2 data plus spacecraft positions, pitch angles of the six telecopses, and derived magnetic field values. The processing is done in a series of algorithmic steps in which the EMFISIS (Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science) magnetic field data is loaded, the ECT (Energetic Particle, Composition and Thermal Plasma Suite) magnetic ephemeris data is loaded, the Level 2 intensity data file is copied, and the pitch angles are calculated and placed into the copied Level 2 file, creating a Level 3 file.
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This data set contains Van Allen Probe A RBSPICE (Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ion Composition Experiment) Level 3 data, with TOF x (Time of Flight) pulse height hydrogen and oxygen fluxes that are measured at high-energy and low-time resolution by 6 telescopes in 28 channels from ~0.01-2.0 MeV. Data are available in physical units (counts/(ssrcm^2*MeV)) by telescope in sector order, with spin accumulations plotted at the end of accumulation. Also available are percentage error of measurement, quality flag, current sector number where each spin is dividied into 36 sectors, duration of the accumulation, current spin number of the spacecraft, orbit number, dipole L value using the SM reference frame, and position of the spacecraft in SM coordinates. Level 3 data include all level 2 data plus spacecraft positions, pitch angles of the six telecopses, and derived magnetic field values. The processing is done in a series of algorithmic steps in which the EMFISIS (Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science) magnetic field data is loaded, the ECT (Energetic Particle, Composition and Thermal Plasma Suite) magnetic ephemeris data is loaded, the Level 2 intensity data file is copied, and the pitch angles are calculated and placed into the copied Level 2 file, creating a Level 3 file.
| Role | Person | StartDate | StopDate | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PrincipalInvestigator | spase://SMWG/Person/Louis.J.Lanzerotti | |||
| 2. | GeneralContact | spase://SMWG/Person/Robert.M.Candey | |||
| 3. | MetadataContact | spase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze |
at the RBSPICE Instrument Site
using RBSPICE MIDL
Science Gateway (including Mission Rules of the Road for Data Usage)
In CDF via ftp from CDAWeb
In CDF via HTTP from SPDF
Web Service to this product using the HAPI interface.
Ephemeris Time of the start of the accumulation for this measurement.
The time of the start of the measurement in as a UTC time string (CCYY-DOYTHH:MM:SS.hhh)
The time at the start of the measurement of the Spacecraft Clock as (#/Ticks:Fine)
The ephemeris time at the start of the measurement.
The ephemeris time at the mid-point of the measurement. For multi-spin measurements the midET is centered so that it properly represents the time to be used to calculate the look direction of the instrument.
The ephemeris time at the end of the accumulation of the measurement
Identifies the telescope used to collect the measurement
Identifies the Channel used to collect the measurement
Midpoint energy of the measurement channel. A value of -1 indicates that an energy definition for this channel is not applicable
FPDU: Proton flux spectrograms in energy, by telescope in sector order (multi-spin accums plotted at end of accum)
Telescope-energy images
The percentage error of the measurement.
RMS Error of the natural log of the flux for each channel.
Quality flag for the measurement for each telescope/channel/timestep. .see PREBM standards for definition
The current sector number where each spin is divided into 36 sectors.
Duration of the accumulation.
The current spin number of the spacecraft
Midpoint energy of the measurement channel. A value of -1 indicates that an energy definition for this channel is not applicable
Minimum and Maximum energy of the measurement channel. A value of -1 indicates that either an energy definition for this channel is not applicable or that the upper end of the channel is undefined - i.e. the channel becomes integral.
Midpoint energy of the measurement channel. A value of -1 indicates that an energy definition for this channel is not applicable
FODU: Oxygen flux spectrograms in energy, by telescope in sector order (multi-spin accums plotted at end of accum)
Telescope-energy images
The percentage error of the measurement.
RMS Error of the natural log of the flux for each channel.
Quality flag for the measurement for each telescope/channel/timestep. .see PREBM standards for definition
Midpoint energy of the measurement channel. A value of -1 indicates that an energy definition for this channel is not applicable
Minimum and Maximum energy of the measurement channel. A value of -1 indicates that either an energy definition for this channel is not applicable or that the upper end of the channel is undefined - i.e. the channel becomes integral.
Position of the spacecraft in SM coordinates
Position of the SC in the GEO Reference Frame.
Position of the SC in the GSM Reference Frame.
The position quality flag, 0=good, 1=bad.
Orbit Number at the time of the measurement
Dipole L value calculated using the SM Reference Frame
McElqain L value calculated at the Equator (derived from ECT MagEphem data).
Roeder's L* value (derived from ECT MagEphem data) for the average pitch angle.
Integral invariant for the average pitch angle derived from ECT MagEphem data.
The Second Invariant ( I*sqrt(Bm) ) for the average pitch angle derived from ECT MagEphem data.
Magnetic Local Time of S/C in Centerted Dipole Coordinates derived from ECT MagEphem data.
The pitch angle based upon the look direction of each telescope, alpha=cos-1(B*(-look))
The range of the pitch angle (min, max) for each of the pitch angles, Alpha.
The pitch angle based upon the look direction of each telescope, alpha=cos-1(B*(-look))
The range of the pitch angle (min, max) for each of the pitch angles, Alpha.
The pitch angle based upon the look direction of each telescope, alpha=cos-1(B*(-look)).
A flag describing the Quality of the Pitch Angle as calculated, 0=good, 1=bad.
Roeder's L* value (derived from ECT MagEphem data) for each of the telescopes based upon the telescope pitch angle.
The Integral invariant for the pitch angle of each telescope derived from ECT MagEphem data.
Second Invariant ( I*sqrt(Bm) ) for the pitch angle of each telescope derived from ECT MagEphem data.
Range variable for the minimum/maximum values of the PitchAngle Range
[Labels on plots] Position of the spacecraft in SM coordinates
[Labels on plots] Position of the SC in the GEO Reference Frame.
[Labels on plots] Position of the SC in the GSM Reference Frame.
[Labels on plots] Orbit Number at the time of the measurement
[Labels on plots] Dipole L value calculated using the SM Reference Frame
[Labels on plots] McElqain L value calculated at the Equator (derived from ECT MagEphem data).
[Labels on plots] Roeder's L* value(derived from ECT MagEphem data) for the average pitch angle.
[Labels on plots] Integral invariant for the average pitch angle derived from ECT MagEphem data.
[Labels on plots] The Second Invariant ( I*sqrt(Bm) ) for the average pitch angle derived from ECT MagEphem data.
[Labels on plots] Magnetic Local Time of S/C in Centerted Dipole Coordinates derived from ECT MagEphem data.