Ionization Chamber and Directional Geiger-Mueller Tube Count Rates

Description

This experimenter-supplied data set contains ionization chamber pulse rates and 6 Geiger-Mueller (GM) tube count rates on binary magnetic tapes written by a CDC 6600 computer. There are a variable number of files per tape with an end-of-file mark at the end of each file and an end-of-file mark at the end of each tape. Each file contains a variable number of physical records and covers a 24-h period. Each physical record is 121 words in length and contains 12 sets of samplings of the 40.96-s averaged ionization chamber pulse rates (c/s) and GM tube count rates (c/s), day, and time (UT). Each physical record ends with the following additional information: orbit day, time (UT), geomagnetic latitude, satellite altitude, the position of the satellite in GSE and GSM coordinates, McIlwain's L parameter, GSE longitude, and GSM latitude. The data were checked by the experimenter for timing consistency, and redundant data caused by receiving station overlaps were deleted. All rates have been dead-time corrected. This data set contains all the investigator's nonredundant reduced data for the time period indicated, and represents almost 100% time coverage except for the period November 12, 1971, to February 1, 1972.