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DE 1 Plasma Waves Instrument (PWI) DC electric field data

ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/DE1/PWI/DCEF/PT1S

Description

Plasma Waves Instrument DC electric field data

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/DE1/PWI/DCEF/PT1S
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
DE 1 Plasma Waves Instrument (PWI) DC electric field data
AlternateName
Dynamics Explorer 1 PWI DC electric field data
AlternateName
DE-A PWI DC electric field data
ReleaseDate
2020-07-07 21:14:31Z
Description

Plasma Waves Instrument DC electric field data

Acknowledgement
NASA; Donald A. Gurnett
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Donald.A.Gurnett
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand
InformationURL
Name
NSSDC's Master Catalog on the Plasma Wave Instrument
URL
Description

Introduction to the Plasma Wave Instrument on DE1

PriorIDs
spase://VMO/NumericalData/DE1/PWI/DCEF/PT1S
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/DE1/PWI/DCEF/PT1S
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
Plasma Waves Instrument DC electric field data
URL
Description

This URL contains the DE1 PWI DC electric field Data

Format
Text
Encoding
ASCII
Acknowledgement
NASA;Donald.A.Gurnett
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
ProviderResourceName
Plasma Waves Instrument DC electric field
ProviderProcessingLevel
Level-2
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
Waves.Passive
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1981-09-16 00:00:00
StopDate
1984-06-24 00:00:00
Note
Time format in data files is: milliseconds of the day
Cadence
PT1S
Caveats
Flags=NaN
Keywords
PWI
DCEF
Plasma Waves Instrument
DC electric field
magnetosphere
radiation belt
Parameter #1
Name
Universal Time
ParameterKey
Time
Description

Universal Time columns from left to right are: yeardoy msec in the format of yyddd msec.

Cadence
PT1S
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
MAG
Structure
Size
2
Description

Universal Time expressed using a 6-column day, month, year, hour, minute, second representation

Element
Name
Year Day of Year
Index
1
ParameterKey
YearDOY
Element
Name
Milliseconds
Index
2
ParameterKey
MSec
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
DE1 Plasma Wave Instrument DC electric field in the perpendicular direction
ParameterKey
PWI DC electric field in the perpendicular direction
Description

PWI DC electric field. The component of the electric field measured in the spin plane that is perpendicular to the projection of the local magnetic field on the spin plane, expressed in volts/meter.

Cadence
PT1S
Units
V/m
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
MAG
Field
Qualifier
Vector
FieldQuantity
Electric
Parameter #3
Name
DE1 Plasma Wave Instrument DC electric field in the parallel direction
ParameterKey
PWI DC electric field in the parallel direction
Description

PWI DC electric field. The component of the electric field measured in the spin plane that is parallel to the projection of the local magnetic field on the spin plane, expressed in volts/meter.

Cadence
PT1S
Units
V/m
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
MAG
Field
Qualifier
Vector
FieldQuantity
Electric
Parameter #4
Name
DE1 Plasma Wave Instrument DC electric field Quality
ParameterKey
PWI DC electric field Quality
Description

PWI DC electric field. An indication of the quality of the data taken with the Ex antenna. A value of -1.0 indicates that the corresponding EPAR and EPER could not be determined.

Cadence
PT1S
Units
None
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
MAG
Mixed
MixedQuantity
Other
Parameter #5
Name
DE1 Plasma Wave Instrument DC electric field in the EZ atenna direction
ParameterKey
PWI DC electric field in the EZ atenna direction
Description

PWI DC electric field. The average electric field measured by the Ez antenna, expressed in volts/meter.

Cadence
PT1S
Units
V/m
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
MAG
Field
Qualifier
Vector
FieldQuantity
Electric
Parameter #6
Name
DE1 Plasma Wave Instrument DC electric field EZ Quality
ParameterKey
PWI DC electric field EZ Quality
Description

PWI DC electric field. The standard deviation of the electric field measured by the Ez antenna. A value of -1.0 indicates that the corresponding EZAVE could not be determined.

Cadence
PT1S
Units
None
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
MAG
Mixed
MixedQuantity
Other
Parameter #7
Name
DE1 Plasma Wave Instrument Dummy Value
ParameterKey
PWI DC electric field Dummy
Description

PWI DC electric field. Dummy Value

Cadence
PT1S
Units
None
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
MAG
Mixed
MixedQuantity
Other
Parameter #8
Name
DE1 Plasma Wave Instrument DC electric field antenna
ParameterKey
PWI DC electric field Antenna used for measurement
Description

PWI DC electric field Antenna used for measurement: EX or EZ or ES or B

Cadence
PT1S
Units
None
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
MAG
Mixed
MixedQuantity
Other
Parameter #9
Name
DE1 spacecraft position vector inerpolated to 1 sec resolution
ParameterKey
Position vector
Description

Location of the spacecraft in magnetic coordinates in units of Re, Re, local time, and latitude

Cadence
PT1S
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
MAG
Structure
Size
4
Element
Name
Geocentric Radial distance of spacecraft
Qualifier
Magnitude
Index
1
ParameterKey
GeocentricRadialDistance
Element
Name
L-Shell
Index
2
ParameterKey
L-ShellValue
Element
Name
MagneticLocalTime
Index
3
ParameterKey
MagneticLocalTime
Element
Name
MagneticLatitude
Index
4
ParameterKey
MagneticLatitude
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional