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STEREO-A Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) 2-hour Iron Plasma Parameters

(2023). STEREO-A Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) 2-hour Iron Plasma Parameters [Data set]. NASA Space Physics Data Facility. https://doi.org/10.48322/8gb9-1w75. Accessed on .

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/STEREO-A/PLASTIC/Fe-abundance/PT2H

Description

This data product contains 2-hour averaged values of solar wind iron flow speed, density, thermal speed, iron to proton density ratio, and quality flags for each of these parameters. It also contains the iron charge state used in the V and Vth (1D Maxwellian) fitting algorithm

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/STEREO-A/PLASTIC/Fe-abundance/PT2H
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
STEREO-A Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) 2-hour Iron Plasma Parameters
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/8gb9-1w75
ReleaseDate
2023-07-30 12:34:56.789
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2021-04-27 15:38:11
Note
Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2023-07-30 12:34:56.789
Note
Added DOI and PublicationInfo minted by LFB, metadata versioned up to SPASE 2.6.0, reviewed by LFB 20230727
Description

This data product contains 2-hour averaged values of solar wind iron flow speed, density, thermal speed, iron to proton density ratio, and quality flags for each of these parameters. It also contains the iron charge state used in the V and Vth (1D Maxwellian) fitting algorithm

Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge STEREO PLASTIC Investigation (A.B. Galvin, PI) and NASA Contract NAS5-00132.
PublicationInfo
Authors
Galvin, Antoinette, B.
PublicationDate
2023-01-01 00:00:00
PublishedBy
NASA Space Physics Data Facility
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Antoinette.B.Galvin
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
InformationURL
Name
PLASTIC Index page at UNH
URL
http://stereo.sr.unh.edu/data/PLASTIC_Resources/index.htm
InformationURL
Name
Readme at STEREO Science Center
URL
https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/data/ins_data/plastic/level2/Iron/READ_ME_PLASTIC_Iron_Abundance_Kinetic.pdf
PriorIDs
spase://VHO/NumericalData/STEREO-A/PLASTIC/Fe-abundance/PT2H
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/STEREO-A/PLASTIC/Fe_charge_state/PT2H
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/STEREO-A/PLASTIC/Fe-abundance/PT2H
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/STEREO_SC
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
STEREO Science Center - ASCII
URL
https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/data/ins_data/plastic/level2/Iron/text/
Description

In ASCII via http from SSC

Format
Text
DataExtent
Quantity
400
Units
KB
Per
P1Y
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/STEREO_SC
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
STEREO Science Center - CDF
URL
https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/data/ins_data/plastic/level2/Iron/CDFs/A/
Description

In CDF via ftp from SSC

Format
CDF
DataExtent
Quantity
170
Units
KB
Per
P1Y
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF/CDAWeb
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
CDAWeb
URL
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eval2.cgi?dataset=STA_L2_PLA_IRON_Q_2HR&index=sp_phys
ProductKey
STA_L2_PLA_IRON_Q_2HR
Description

Subset, plot and list, via CDAWeb

Format
Text
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF/CDAWeb
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
CDAWeb HAPI Server
URL
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/hapi
Style
HAPI
ProductKey
STA_L2_PLA_IRON_Q_2HR
Description

Web Service to this product using the HAPI interface.

Format
CSV
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF/CDAWeb
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
FTPS from SPDF (not with most browsers)
URL
ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/stereo/ahead/l2/plastic/iron/2hr/
Description

In CDF via ftp from SPDF

AccessURL
Name
HTTPS from SPDF
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/stereo/ahead/l2/plastic/iron/2hr/
Description

In CDF via http from SPDF

Format
CDF
DataExtent
Quantity
840
Units
KB
Per
P1Y
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/STEREO-A/PLASTIC
MeasurementType
ThermalPlasma
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2007-01-01 00:00:00
RelativeStopDate
-P1Y
Cadence
PT2H
ObservedRegion
Heliosphere.Remote1AU
Parameter #1
Name
Epoch
ParameterKey
epoch
Description

Beginning of time interval

Units
ms
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
PB5 Time
ParameterKey
time_pb5
Description

Time of observation in Year, Day, and millisecond

Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
Average Charge State Iron
ParameterKey
Fe_aveQ
Description

Average charge state for iron. Charge state 1 is singly ionized ion. Typical uncertainty is half a charge unit.

ValidMin
26.0
ValidMax
0.5
FillValue
-1e31
Particle
ParticleType
Ion
ParticleQuantity
ChargeState
Parameter #4
Name
Normalized Counts
ParameterKey
Qty
Description

Normalized counts used in the charge state calculation process. Provided as a measure of counting statistics

ValidMin
0
ValidMax
7000000
FillValue
-1e31
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #5
Name
Fe charge state histogram
ParameterKey
Fe_Q
Description

Fe charge state histograms. Example: bin 10 includes all calculated charge states 10.0 less than or equal to Q and less than 11.0. Avg Q may be calculated by combining the counts at each bin with the bin value of bin +0.5

ValidMin
0
ValidMax
7000000
FillValue
-1e31
Support
SupportQuantity
Other