OGBD Solar Events Data

Description

This data set, obtained from the experimenter, consists of CDC 6600 magnetic tape. It contains Pioneer Venus Orbiter Gamma-Ray Burst Detector flux-rate data in the energy range 60-200 keV for solar flares occurring 1980/06/07, 1980/06/21, and 1980/06/29. The tape contains 11 files, of which the first is an ID file, written in CDC alphanumeric display code, and is 2000 characters in length. The remaining 10 files, which are of variable length, consist of data from individual event responses - one file per response. The first record in each file contains the event date, the Universal Time, the background counting rate, and the flux conversion factor, ergs per sq cm per count, all in CDC alphanumeric display code. The remaining records on each file consist of 400 words each, alternating between the UT in seconds at the start of the data sample and the net flux of the data sample. All of the records beyond the first are written in CDC 60 bit floating point format. The instrument is described in "The Pioneer Venus Orbiter Gamma Burst Detector," R.W. Klebesadel, et. al. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. GE-18, No.1, January, 1980, pp 76-80.