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AMPTE/CCE Magnetic Field Experiment (MFE)

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spase://SMWG/Instrument/AMPTE-CCE/MFE

Description

The Magnetic Field Experiment (MFE) includes a fluxgate magnetometer sensor mounted on a 2.3 m boom (Potemra et al., IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, Vol. GE-23, 246, 1985). The fluxgate sensor was sampled at a rate of 8 vector samples/s. It had seven automatically switchable ranges (from plus and minus 16 nT to plus and minus 65,536 nT) with resolution commensurate with a 13-bit A/D converter, and was read out at 8.6 vector samples/s. The signals from two sensors (one parallel to the spin axis and one orthogonal) were also fed into 5-50 Hz bandpass channels that were read out every 5 s. The data span the entire AMPTE/CCE mission, from 1984 day 234, August 21, through 1989 day 009 with occasional data gaps. A lengthy data gap occurred in 1986 from day 252, September 9, ∼1300UT through day 286, October 12, ∼1800UT, during an extended eclipse period. For more details, see T. A. Potemra et al., IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. GE-23, p. 246, 1985.

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Instrument

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/AMPTE-CCE/MFE
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
AMPTE/CCE Magnetic Field Experiment (MFE)
AlternateName
AMPTE_CCE MAG
AlternateName
AMPTE/CCE Magnetometer
AlternateName
1984-088A-05
ReleaseDate
2019-05-05 12:34:56Z
Description

The Magnetic Field Experiment (MFE) includes a fluxgate magnetometer sensor mounted on a 2.3 m boom (Potemra et al., IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, Vol. GE-23, 246, 1985). The fluxgate sensor was sampled at a rate of 8 vector samples/s. It had seven automatically switchable ranges (from plus and minus 16 nT to plus and minus 65,536 nT) with resolution commensurate with a 13-bit A/D converter, and was read out at 8.6 vector samples/s. The signals from two sensors (one parallel to the spin axis and one orthogonal) were also fed into 5-50 Hz bandpass channels that were read out every 5 s. The data span the entire AMPTE/CCE mission, from 1984 day 234, August 21, through 1989 day 009 with occasional data gaps. A lengthy data gap occurred in 1986 from day 252, September 9, ∼1300UT through day 286, October 12, ∼1800UT, during an extended eclipse period. For more details, see T. A. Potemra et al., IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. GE-23, p. 246, 1985.

Acknowledgement
User will acknowledge the AMPTE/CCE magnetometer team in any publication resulting from the use of these data.
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigator
DataProducer
spase://SMWG/Person/Brian.J.Anderson
InformationURL
Name
AMPTE/CCE Magnetic Field Experiment Home Page
URL
Description

A web site hosting AMPTE/CCE magnetic experiment instrument information as well as spin-averaged data.

InformationURL
Name
NSSDC Master Catalog
URL
Description

NSSDC information about the AMPTE/CCE Magnetometer

InformationURL
Name
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Journal Article
URL
Description

Detailed information about the instrument.

PriorIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/AMPTE_CCE/MFE
InstrumentType
Magnetometer
InvestigationName
Magnetic Field Experiment
ObservatoryID