This experiment was designed to measure accurately the vector magnetic
field in the interplanetary medium and in the earth's magnetosphere, magnetotail,
and magnetosheath. The detector was a boom-mounted triaxial fluxgate magnetometer
with four ranges: minus to plus 16, 48, 144, and 432 nT, respectively. Corresponding
sensitivities were plus or minus 0.06, 0.19, 0.56, and 1.69 nT, respectively.
Automatic range selection capability was included. A flipping mechanism permitted
inflight calibration of the three sensor zero levels. The vector sampling rate
was 12.5 samples per second. The experiment functioned normally through the
spacecraft life. For further details, see D. H. Fairfield, J. Geophys. Res.,
v. 79, p. 1368, 1974. Hourly averaged interplanetary data also exist as part of
data sets in the NSSDC supplementary data file.
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This experiment was designed to measure accurately the vector magnetic
field in the interplanetary medium and in the earth's magnetosphere, magnetotail,
and magnetosheath. The detector was a boom-mounted triaxial fluxgate magnetometer
with four ranges: minus to plus 16, 48, 144, and 432 nT, respectively. Corresponding
sensitivities were plus or minus 0.06, 0.19, 0.56, and 1.69 nT, respectively.
Automatic range selection capability was included. A flipping mechanism permitted
inflight calibration of the three sensor zero levels. The vector sampling rate
was 12.5 samples per second. The experiment functioned normally through the
spacecraft life. For further details, see D. H. Fairfield, J. Geophys. Res.,
v. 79, p. 1368, 1974. Hourly averaged interplanetary data also exist as part of
data sets in the NSSDC supplementary data file.
| Role | Person | StartDate | StopDate | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PrincipalInvestigator | spase://SMWG/Person/Norman.F.Ness | |||
| 2. | MetadataContact | spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand |
Basic information about the magnetometer onboard IMP 6.
Additional details on the magnetometer onboard IMP 6.