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Voyager 1 PWS hr-avgd and peak plasma wave data

ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/Voyager1/PWS/ASCII/PT1H

Description

Hourly averages and peaks of calibrated electric field spectrum analyzer data from Voyager 1 PWS instrument

The plasma parameters are obtained by finding the best fit of a convected
isotropic Maxwellian distribution to the data. One sigma errors
are typically less than 0.5% in the speed and VR, less than 5% for the
density and thermal speed, and vary greatly for VT and VN.
Sampling times range from 12 to 192 sec., with sampling generally more
frequent early in the mission.

The velocity components are given in the RTN coordinate system,
where R is radially outward, T is in a plane parallel to the solar
equatorial plane and positive in the direction of solar rotation,
and N completes a right-handed system.

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/Voyager1/PWS/ASCII/PT1H
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Voyager 1 PWS hr-avgd and peak plasma wave data
ReleaseDate
2020-07-07 21:15:55Z
Description

Hourly averages and peaks of calibrated electric field spectrum analyzer data from Voyager 1 PWS instrument

The plasma parameters are obtained by finding the best fit of a convected
isotropic Maxwellian distribution to the data. One sigma errors
are typically less than 0.5% in the speed and VR, less than 5% for the
density and thermal speed, and vary greatly for VT and VN.
Sampling times range from 12 to 192 sec., with sampling generally more
frequent early in the mission.

The velocity components are given in the RTN coordinate system,
where R is radially outward, T is in a plane parallel to the solar
equatorial plane and positive in the direction of solar rotation,
and N completes a right-handed system.

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Donald.A.Gurnett
2.DataProducerspase://SMWG/Person/William.S.Kurth
PriorIDs
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Voyager1/PWS/PT1H
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Voyager1/PWS/ASCII/PT1H
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
PI site at U. Iowa for many PWS data sets
URL
AccessURL
Name
PDS Outer Planets node at U.Iowa with PWS data for earlier years
URL
Format
Text
ProviderProcessingLevel
CALIBRATED
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
Waves.Passive
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1977-09-07 00:00:00
RelativeStopDate
-P1Y
Note
Data are updated in year blocks
Cadence
PT1H
ObservedRegion
Heliosphere.Outer