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BARREL Balloon 2K Tilt Compensated Magnetometer, TCM2, Instrument

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spase://SMWG/Instrument/BARREL/2K/MAG

Description

This document describes the BARREL Balloon 2K magnetometer, MAG.

The BARREL Balloon 2K payload will carry a commercial three-axis magnetometer with 50 nT resolution sampled at 1 s cadence. Since ground-based magnetometers are often not available near the balloon locations, the onboard magnetometer is useful for identifying substorm activity and ULF oscillations of the magnetic field, important for investigating the ULF timescale modulations of precipitation.

The BARREL magnetometers, Model TCM2-20 Axis, made by the PNI Sensor Corporation, uses three orthogonal magneto-inductive sensors and measures the three components of the magnetic field with 10 nT resolution. Serial data are transferred to the payload flight computer, COM3. In addition, the TCM2 provides pitch and roll information and the magnetometer includes a tilt sensor to separate horizontal and vertical components of the magnetic field. This paragraph was adapted in part from the Millan et al. (2013) Spase Sci. Rev. publication listed in the fifth Information URL below.

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spase://SMWG/Instrument/BARREL/2K/MAG
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BARREL Balloon 2K Tilt Compensated Magnetometer, TCM2, Instrument
ReleaseDate
2022-04-12 12:34:56.789
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2021-07-20 13:41:27
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BARREL Instruments: SPASE 2.3.0 XML resource description, last known revision, metadata submitted by LFB, reviewed by Reine Chimiak
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2022-04-12 12:34:56.789
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BARREL Instruments: SPASE description revised to standardize the Information URL content for all BARREL instrument descriptions, upgrade to SPASE 2.4.0, metadata submitted by LFB
Description

This document describes the BARREL Balloon 2K magnetometer, MAG.

The BARREL Balloon 2K payload will carry a commercial three-axis magnetometer with 50 nT resolution sampled at 1 s cadence. Since ground-based magnetometers are often not available near the balloon locations, the onboard magnetometer is useful for identifying substorm activity and ULF oscillations of the magnetic field, important for investigating the ULF timescale modulations of precipitation.

The BARREL magnetometers, Model TCM2-20 Axis, made by the PNI Sensor Corporation, uses three orthogonal magneto-inductive sensors and measures the three components of the magnetic field with 10 nT resolution. Serial data are transferred to the payload flight computer, COM3. In addition, the TCM2 provides pitch and roll information and the magnetometer includes a tilt sensor to separate horizontal and vertical components of the magnetic field. This paragraph was adapted in part from the Millan et al. (2013) Spase Sci. Rev. publication listed in the fifth Information URL below.

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Robyn.Millan
2.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Robert.P.Lin
3.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/David.M.Smith
4.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Michael.P.McCarthy
5.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Mary.K.Hudson
6.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Mikhail.I.Panasyuk
7.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Lindsay.Magnus
8.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Andrew.B.Collier
9.CoInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Mark.Clilverd
10.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
InformationURL
Name
BARREL Home Page
URL
Description

Main home page with links to the BARREL mission overview, data, publications, and news/events, hosted by Dartmouth College

InformationURL
Name
BARREL Science Team Information
URL
Description

Site listing BARREL science team information, hosted by Dartmouth College

InformationURL
Name
BARREL Mission Overview Poster
URL
Description

BARREL mission overview summary poster, hosted by Dartmouth College

InformationURL
Name
BARREL Introduction: Balloon Test Flight Results and Mission Plans and Objectives, JASTP Publication
URL
Description

Millan, R.M., McCarthy, M.P., Sample, J.G. et al., Understanding Relativistic Electron Losses with BARREL, J. Atmos. and Sol.-Terr. Phys., 73(11-12), 1425-1434, (2011), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2011.01.006

InformationURL
Name
BARREL Campaign Plans, Science Objectives, Instrument Descriptions, Payload Design, and Support Systems, SSR Publication
URL
Description

Millan, R.M., McCarthy, M.P., Sample, J.G. et al., The Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL), Space Sci. Rev., 179, 503–530 (2013). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-013-9971-z

InformationURL
Name
BARREL Magnetometer Model TCM2 Manual
URL
Description

PNI Sensor Corporation Model TCM2 Magnetometer Manual

InstrumentType
Magnetometer
InvestigationName
Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL)
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