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5.5 Minute Averages of Reduced Data, Master Science Files

NSSDC ID: SPMS-00135

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

Time span: 1972-09-26 to 1972-10-19

Description

This data set contains measurements of cosmic and solar X-rays, interplanetary electrons, protons, alphas, and some medium-Z particles. The data set is stored on magnetic tape generated on an IBM 360 computer. It contains reduced data supplied by the principal investigator. The data are 5.5-min averages of each detector and also include some ephemeris data. Some bad data, occurring when the spacecraft provided an erroneous sun-orientation, are still in the data set and affect the sectored data, although the overall effect is usually negligible. The erroneous orientation times are listed in data set -00E.

Alternate Names

  • Master Science Files

Disciplines

  • Solar Physics: X-Ray
  • Space Physics: Magnetospheric Studies

Old NSSDC ID

  • 72-073A-08B

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. Charles D. WendeData ProviderNASA Goddard Space Flight Center 
Dr. Stamatios M. KrimigisGeneral ContactApplied Physics Laboratorytom.krimigis@jhuapl.edu
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