Wind SWE electron pitch angle product providing electron fluxes at 30 directional bins relative to the instantaneous magnetic field direction at 16 different energy levels from the old mode (VEIS-era) of the electron instrument. The electron pitch-angle distributions included in this data set are derived from sorting, by pitch (wrt B) and energy, the solar wind electron distributions measured by the Wind/SWE electron instrument (see Ogilvie et al., "SWE, a comprehensive plasma instrument for the Wind spacecraft", Space Sci. Rev., 71, 55, 1955). Pitch-angle distrubutions, organized by energy, are computed from 3s measurements which are spaced either 6s or 12s in time. These quantities are reliable and citable with caution, meaning that the PI advises that the user should discuss their interpretations with a member of the SWE science team before publishing. The following comments are intended to aid in the use and interpretation of the electron pitch-angle distributions reported in this data set. For each 'energy spectrum', observations are made at 16 energy channels ranging from about 10 eV to as much as 3 keV. The exact energies at which observations are made is time-varying, and this data set reports the energy each channel observes (along with the observations themselves) at any time. The observations made at each energy are sorted into pitch-angle bins, six degrees in width, from 0 degrees (flux nearly parallel to B) to 180 degrees (flux nearly anti-parallel with B). A "spin-averaged" set of observations (aggregated from all pitch-angle bins, each energy) is also reported, one value for each energy channel. The value reported for any bin (including the spin-averaged "energy bins") is given as a phase-space density, f [#/{cc*(cm/s)^3}], averaged over contributing detectors. The data set reported here contains: f_pitch_E00, f_pitch_E01, f_pitch_E02, f_pitch_E03, f_pitch_E04, f_pitch_E05, f_pitch_E06, f_pitch_E07, f_pitch_E08, f_pitch_E09, f_pitch_E10, f_pitch_E11, f_pitch_E12, f_pitch_E13, f_pitch_E14, f_pitch_E15 (the pitch-angle distributions for each energy channel, with 30 pitch-angle bins for each), and f_pitch_SPA (with 16 spin-averaged energy bins). For reference, the electron speeds ( V , in cm/s) corresponding to the energy channels used, are reported in this data set.
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Wind SWE electron pitch angle product providing electron fluxes at 30 directional bins relative to the instantaneous magnetic field direction at 16 different energy levels from the old mode (VEIS-era) of the electron instrument. The electron pitch-angle distributions included in this data set are derived from sorting, by pitch (wrt B) and energy, the solar wind electron distributions measured by the Wind/SWE electron instrument (see Ogilvie et al., "SWE, a comprehensive plasma instrument for the Wind spacecraft", Space Sci. Rev., 71, 55, 1955). Pitch-angle distrubutions, organized by energy, are computed from 3s measurements which are spaced either 6s or 12s in time. These quantities are reliable and citable with caution, meaning that the PI advises that the user should discuss their interpretations with a member of the SWE science team before publishing. The following comments are intended to aid in the use and interpretation of the electron pitch-angle distributions reported in this data set. For each 'energy spectrum', observations are made at 16 energy channels ranging from about 10 eV to as much as 3 keV. The exact energies at which observations are made is time-varying, and this data set reports the energy each channel observes (along with the observations themselves) at any time. The observations made at each energy are sorted into pitch-angle bins, six degrees in width, from 0 degrees (flux nearly parallel to B) to 180 degrees (flux nearly anti-parallel with B). A "spin-averaged" set of observations (aggregated from all pitch-angle bins, each energy) is also reported, one value for each energy channel. The value reported for any bin (including the spin-averaged "energy bins") is given as a phase-space density, f [#/{cc*(cm/s)^3}], averaged over contributing detectors. The data set reported here contains: f_pitch_E00, f_pitch_E01, f_pitch_E02, f_pitch_E03, f_pitch_E04, f_pitch_E05, f_pitch_E06, f_pitch_E07, f_pitch_E08, f_pitch_E09, f_pitch_E10, f_pitch_E11, f_pitch_E12, f_pitch_E13, f_pitch_E14, f_pitch_E15 (the pitch-angle distributions for each energy channel, with 30 pitch-angle bins for each), and f_pitch_SPA (with 16 spin-averaged energy bins). For reference, the electron speeds ( V , in cm/s) corresponding to the energy channels used, are reported in this data set.
| Role | Person | StartDate | StopDate | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PrincipalInvestigator | spase://SMWG/Person/Keith.W.Ogilvie |
Wind/SWE (Solar Wind Experiment) electron instruments, history and data products
Repository of the Wind/SWE H4 (v01) electron data.
In CDF via HTTP from SPDF
Web Service to this product using the HAPI interface.
Timestamp marks beginning of a measurement interval.
Electron speed corresponding to fluxes, by channel.
For energy channel EXX, Ve[XX] gives the corresponding electron speed (cm/s).
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 00
For the E00 distribution, f_pitch_E00[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 01
For the E01 distribution, f_pitch_E01[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 02
For the E02 distribution, f_pitch_E02[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 03
For the E03 distribution, f_pitch_E03[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 04
For the E04 distribution, f_pitch_E04[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 05
For the E05 distribution, f_pitch_E05[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 06
For the E06 distribution, f_pitch_E06[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 07
For the E07 distribution, f_pitch_E07[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 08
For the E08 distribution, f_pitch_E08[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 09
For the E09 distribution, f_pitch_E09[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 10
For the E10 distribution, f_pitch_E10[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 11
For the E11 distribution, f_pitch_E11[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 12
For the E12 distribution, f_pitch_E12[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 13
For the E13 distribution, f_pitch_E13[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 14
For the E14 distribution, f_pitch_E14[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron pitch-angle distributions (6 degrees/bin), energy channel 15
For the E15 distribution, f_pitch_E15[xx] gives the contents (for fluxes with directions ranging in six-degree increments from nearly parallel to nearly anti-parallel with B) of pitch-angle-bin xx=: 00, 01, ..., 29.
Electron spin-averaged flux, binned by energy
f_pitch_SPA[i] gives the spin-averaged contents of energy-bin i=: 0, 1, ..., 15.