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Cluster-Tango Waves of HF and Sounder for Probing Electron Density by Relaxation (WHISPER) Active Electric Power Spectral Density

ResourceID
spase://ESA/NumericalData/Cluster-Tango/WHISPER/PT52S

Description

The Waves of HIgh frequency and Sounder for Probing of Electron density by Relaxation (WHISPER) performs the measurement of the electron density on the four satellites of the Cluster project. The two main purposes of the WHISPER experiment are to record the natural waves and to make a diagnostic of the electron density using the sounding technique. The various working modes and the fourier transforms calculated on board provide a good frequency resolution obtained in the bandwidth 2-83 kHz. Onboard data compression by the Digital Wave Processing (DWP) intrument allows a good dynamic and level resolution of the electric signal amplitude. Data products available from the Cluster Science Archive include: electric spectral power density (natural spectra and active spectra), electric spectral power density from passive emission during sounding, and electric waveform power density in 0.2 second resolution. Ancillary data include Quicklook plots (JPEG) in both active and natural mode, sounding times, housekeeping data, instrument parameters during natural and active mode, and active to passive spectral power density coded ratio. Access to data through the Cluster Science Archive is available via a java GUI interface and a command-line interface. Registration is required.

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ResourceID
spase://ESA/NumericalData/Cluster-Tango/WHISPER/PT52S
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Cluster-Tango Waves of HF and Sounder for Probing Electron Density by Relaxation (WHISPER) Active Electric Power Spectral Density
AlternateName
Cluster Tango WHISPER Electric Power Spectral Density under Sounding Mode
AlternateName
C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
ReleaseDate
2018-06-28 22:02:01Z
Description

The Waves of HIgh frequency and Sounder for Probing of Electron density by Relaxation (WHISPER) performs the measurement of the electron density on the four satellites of the Cluster project. The two main purposes of the WHISPER experiment are to record the natural waves and to make a diagnostic of the electron density using the sounding technique. The various working modes and the fourier transforms calculated on board provide a good frequency resolution obtained in the bandwidth 2-83 kHz. Onboard data compression by the Digital Wave Processing (DWP) intrument allows a good dynamic and level resolution of the electric signal amplitude. Data products available from the Cluster Science Archive include: electric spectral power density (natural spectra and active spectra), electric spectral power density from passive emission during sounding, and electric waveform power density in 0.2 second resolution. Ancillary data include Quicklook plots (JPEG) in both active and natural mode, sounding times, housekeeping data, instrument parameters during natural and active mode, and active to passive spectral power density coded ratio. Access to data through the Cluster Science Archive is available via a java GUI interface and a command-line interface. Registration is required.

Acknowledgement
Users of the Cluster WHISPER data are encouraged to acknowledge the instrument team and ESA Cluster Science Archive when using this data
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Jean-Louis.Rauch
2.FormerPIspase://SMWG/Person/Jean-Gabriel.Trotignon
3.FormerPIspase://SMWG/Person/Pierrette.Decreau
InformationURL
Name
Cluster Science Archive Documentation Page
URL
Description
Language
en
PriorIDs
spase://VWO/NumericalData/Cluster-Tango/WHISPER/PT52S
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Cluster-Tango/WHISPER/PT52S
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
Access to Cluster WHISPER CEFs and CDFs
URL
ProductKey
C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Access to repository of Cluster 4 WHISPER data in Cluster Exchange Format (CEF) and CDF at the Cluster Science Archive. Access is open but registration is required.

Language
en
Format
Text.ASCII
Encoding
None
Acknowledgement
Users of the Cluster WHISPER data are encouraged to acknowledge the instrument team and ESA Cluster Science Archive when using this data
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
ProviderResourceName
Electric Spectral Power Density (active spectra)
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
Waves.Passive
MeasurementType
Waves.Active
MeasurementType
ElectricField
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2000-08-16 12:39:00Z
RelativeStopDate
-P7D
Cadence
PT52S
SpectralRange
RadioFrequency
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosheath
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Plasmasphere
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.AuroralRegion
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.PolarCap
ObservedRegion
Heliosphere.Inner
Keywords
Dynamic Spectrogram
AKR
Auroral hiss
Auroral Kilometric Radiation
Chorus
Continuum radiation
Equatorial Noise
Kilometric Continuum radiation
Plasmaspheric Hiss
Terrestrial Kilometric Radiation
TKR
Very Long Baseline Interferometry
VLBI
Langmuir Waves
Type III Solar Bursts
Electostatic Solitary Waves
ESW
Whistlers
Ion Acoustic Waves
Bernstein Waves
Upper Hybrid Waves
Lower Hybrid Waves
Parameter #1
Name
Universal Time
ParameterKey
time_tags__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Interval centred time tag

Units
s
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
Delta
ParameterKey
Delta__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Delta. Half of the number of seconds corresponding to the sampling interval + the uncertainty of the time tags

Units
s
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #3
Name
Receiving antenna
ParameterKey
Receiving_Antenna__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Receiving antenna Ey or Ez

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #4
Name
Electric Spectral Power Density
ParameterKey
Electric_Spectral_Power_Density__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Electric Spectral Power Density

Units
Vrms^2*m^-2*Hz^-1
Wave
WaveType
PlasmaWaves
WaveQuantity
ACElectricField
FrequencyRange
SpectralRange
RadioFrequency
Low
2
High
80
Units
kHz
Parameter #5
Name
Spectral Frequencies
ParameterKey
Spectral_Frequencies__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Spectral Frequencies between 1.953 and 79.915 kHz, that is to say the frequencies corresponding point to point to the 512 elements of the fixed size spectrum

Units
kHz
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #6
Name
Table Number
ParameterKey
Table_Number__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Frequency Swept Table Number between 0 and 127

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #7
Name
Sounding Interval
ParameterKey
Sounding_Interval__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Time interval between two successive emission pulses in unit of 40/3 (=13.3)ms. 0: 1 unit (13.3 ms) ; 1: 2 units (26.6 ms); 2: 3 units (40 ms); 3: 5 units (66.6 ms); 4: 8 units (106.6 ms); 5: 40 units+2106.66 ms waiting+256 units+2446.66 ms waiting (8.5 s) ; 6: 6 units+45 ms waiting (125 ms); 7: 14 units+63.34 ms waiting (250 ms)

Units
ms
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #8
Name
Emission/Reception Delay
ParameterKey
Emission_Reception_Delay__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Delay between the leading edge of the emission pulse and the starting edge of the associated reception (acquisition time interval)

Units
ms
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #9
Name
Gain Change Number
ParameterKey
Gain_Change_Number__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Number of gain changes during the acquisition

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #10
Name
Mantissa
ParameterKey
Mantissa__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

First part of the compressed value which is a fixed point integer defined in the compression algorithm

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #11
Name
Exponent
ParameterKey
Exponent__C4_CP_WHI_ACTIVE
Description

Second part of the compressed value

Support
SupportQuantity
Other