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Hourly Averaged Plasma Parameter Data

NSSDC ID: SPHE-00728

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

Time span: 1967-06-04 to 1967-12-02

Description

This data set contains hourly averaged plasma data on one binary magnetic tape recorded on an IBM 360/75 computer. Each logical record contains 160 bytes and each physical record contains a maximum of 32,000 bytes. Data include density, temperature, velocity, beta [defined as nkT/(B**2/8 pi)], energy density, pressure, V x B electric field, and spacecraft location parameters in ecliptic coordinates (which are used for quality control of the averages).

Disciplines

  • Space Physics: Heliospheric Studies
  • Space Physics: Magnetospheric Studies

Old NSSDC ID

  • 67-051A-08C

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
Dr. Keith W. OgilvieGeneral ContactNASA Goddard Space Flight Centerkeith.w.ogilvie@nasa.gov

Selected References

Composite IMP-F magnetic field tapes, Unpublished, Unnumbered, Undated.

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