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L-Ordered Electron and Proton Count Rates

NSSDC ID: SPMS-00334

Availability: At NSSDC, Ready for Offline Distribution (or Staging if Digital)

Time span: 1965-07-20 to 1965-10-31

Description

This data set contains electron count rates from the Lithium Drifted Silicon Detector (SSD) electron channel and the two channels of the Plastic Scintillation Counter (LEPM) on IBM 7094, BCD magnetic tape. These count rates were interpolated to the following L values: 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, and 12.0. The corrected count rate, B/Bo, local time, solar rotation time (days), time (UT), month, day of month, year (minus 1900), geomagnetic latitude (deg), geographic east longitude, geographic latitude, and L value appear as card images on the tape. The data are organized into separate files for each energy threshold. Within each file the data are ordered by L value. The LEPM responded to electrons above 100 keV in one channel and to both electrons above 600 keV and protons between 3.5 and 27 MeV in the other channel. The SSD electron channel responded to electrons above 320 keV. The data have been corrected for detector dead times. The 100 keV and 320 keV data were used in the construction of the AE-4 model electron environment. The three files for this data set and a file for the data set 64-040C-01B (ERS 13) are included on the same tape.

Discipline

  • Space Physics: Magnetospheric Studies

Old NSSDC ID

  • 65-058C-01D

Additional Information

Spacecraft

Experiments

Questions or comments about this data collection can be directed to: Coordinated Request and User Support Office.

 

Personnel

NameRoleOriginal AffiliationE-mail
Mr. G. Wayne SingleyProgrammerNASA Goddard Space Flight Center 
Dr. James I. VetteData ProviderNASA Goddard Space Flight Centerjamivet@crosslink.net

Selected References

Peterson, L. E., et al., Environmental Research Satellite-17 data reduction and analysis, U. of Calif., UCSD-SP-67-2, San Diego, CA, May 1967.

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