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FORMAT.SFD file - High Resolution (Summary) Data Set
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SUBM_NAME: Dr. Paul Gazis
SUBM_ADDR: Mail Stop 245-3
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Electronic Mail: 24609::GAZIS
gazis@24.479.span.nasa.gov
gazis@arwen.span.nasa.gov
Telephone: 415-604-5704
SUBM_DATE: 1994-09-16
TITLE: Format for PVO OPA Summary (High resolution) Data Set
DESCR: Format description of the PVO OPA Summary (High resolution)
Data Set archive, 1978 to 1992
REL_DATE: 1994-09-16
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FILE_TYPE_NAME: PVOFxxSUM.DAT
RECORD_TYPE_NAME: PVO OPA Summary (high resolution) Averages
RECORD_STRUCTURE: Fixed Length, no control fields.
RECORD_LENGTH: 108 Bytes
RECORD_FIELD_MNEMONICS: SCID, JYDD, NSEC, RAD, HLONG, HLAT, CHISQ, BADREC,
none, BMAG, BAZM, BPOL, none, DBMAG, DBAZM, DBPOL
TEM, DEN, VEL, AZM, POL, DTEM, DDEN, DVEL, DAZM
RECORD_SYNTAX: 27 fields per record in the following order:
SCID, JYDD, NHR, RAD, HLONG, HLAT, CHISQ, BADREC,
none, BMAG, BAZM, BPOL, none, DBMAG, DBAZM, DBPOL
TEM, DEN, VEL, AZM, POL, DTEM, DDEN, DVEL, DAZM
There are no delimiters between fields in the
record. Records are terminated by the standard
ASCII "carriage-return line-feed."
Field_Name: SCID
Field_Mnemonic: SCID
Field_Units: ASCII characters
Field_Resolution: n/a
Field_Range: n/a
Field_Description: Spacecraft ID
SCID = 'PVO ' for solar wind data
SCID = 'PVOS' for data taken inside the nominal
position of the Venusian bowshock
Field_Representation: 4 ASCII characters
Field_Name: JYDD
Field_Mnemonic: JYDD
Field_Units: Integer year and day numbers
Field_Resolution: 1 day
Field_Range: 78268 to 91365
Field_Description: Integer containing year (19YY) and the day of
year (DDD) in the form (YYDDD)
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: NSEC
Field_Mnemonic: NSEC
Field_Units: seconds
Field_Resolution: n/a
Field_Range: 0.0 to 86400.0
Field_Description: Real second number from 0.0 to 86400.0
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: RAD
Field_Mnemonic: RAD
Field_Units: kilometers
Field_Resolution: probably accurate to 0.1 km
Field_Range: PVO periapsis to apoapsis
Field_Description: Venus-PVO distance in kilometers
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: HLONG
Field_Mnemonic: HLONG
Field_Units: degrees of angle
Field_Resolution: probably accurate to 0.1 degree
Field_Range: 0.0 to 360.0
Field_Description: Venus-centered Ecliptic longitude of PVO
in degrees
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: HLAT
Field_Mnemonic: HLAT
Field_Units: degrees of angle
Field_Resolution: probably accurate to 0.1 degree
Field_Range: -90.0 to 90.0
Field_Description: Venus-centered Ecliptic latitude of PVO
in degrees
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: CHISQ
Field_Mnemonic: CHISQ
Field_Units: dimensionless
Field_Resolution: n/a
Field_Range: 0.0-1.0
Field_Description: Formal value of chi-squared from the least-squares
fit software used to calculate plasma parameters
from raw OPA instrument spectra.
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: BADREC
Field_Mnemonic: BADREC
Field_Units: dimensionless
Field_Resolution: n/a
Field_Range: -100.0 to 100.0
Field_Description: Data quality index.
ABS( BADREC) < 5.0 Good data
5.0 < ABS( BADREC) < 15.0 Probably good data
15.0 < ABS( BADREC) < 25.0 Probably good data
25.0 < ABS( BADREC) < 45.0 Unreliable data
45.0 < ABS( BADREC) Bad data
Negative values indicate data taken inside the
nominal position of the Venusian bowshock
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: Average absolute value of B
Field_Mnemonic: none
Field_Units: gamma
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: Approximately 0.0 to 1000.0
Field_Description: Average of the absolute value of the
interplanetary magnetic field.
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: BMAG
Field_Mnemonic: BMAG
Field_Units: gamma
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: Approximately 0.0 to 1000.0
Field_Description: Magnitude of the average interplanetary
magnetic field
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: BAZM
Field_Mnemonic: BAZM
Field_Units: degrees of angle
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: -360.0 to 360.0
Field_Description: Azimuthal (E/W) angle of the average
interplanetary magnetic field. Zero points
TOWARDS the sun (?) and positive values point
towards the EAST (?)
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: BPOL
Field_Mnemonic: BPOL
Field_Units: degrees of angle
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: -360.0 tp 360.0
Field_Description: Polar (N/S) angle of the average interplanetary
magnetic field. Zero points TOWARDS the sun
(?) and positive values point NORTH (?)
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: RMS dispersion in average of magnitude of B
Field_Mnemonic: none
Field_Units: gamma
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: unknown
Field_Description: RMS dispersion in average of magnitude of B
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: DBMAG
Field_Mnemonic: DBMAG
Field_Units: gamma
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: unknown
Field_Description: RMS dispersion in magnitude of the average
interplanetary magnetic field
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: DBAZM
Field_Mnemonic: DBAZM
Field_Units: degrees
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: unknown
Field_Description: RMS dispersion in azimuthal (E/W) angle of
the average interplanetary magnetic field
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: DBPOL
Field_Mnemonic: DBPOL
Field_Units: gamma
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: unknown
Field_Description: RMS dispersion in polar (N/S) angle of
the average interplanetary magnetic field
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: TEM
Field_Mnemonic: TEM
Field_Units: Degrees Kelvin
Field_Resolution: probably accurate to 40%
Field_Range: approximately 0.0 to 1.0E+06
Field_Description: Average solar wind proton temperature
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: DEN
Field_Mnemonic: DEN
Field_Units: number / cm ** 3
Field_Resolution: probably accurate to 20%
Field_Range: approximately 1.0 to 1000.0
Field_Description: Average solar wind proton number density
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: VEL
Field_Mnemonic: VEL
Field_Units: km / sec
Field_Resolution: probably accurate to 2-5 km / sec
Field_Range: approximately 200.0 to 1000.0
Field_Description: Average of the magnitude of the solar wind
bulk velocity
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: AZM
Field_Mnemonic: AZM
Field_Units: degrees
Field_Resolution: unknown, but may be approximately 3 degrees
Field_Range: -180.0 to 180.0
Field_Description: Average of the azimuthal (E/W) angle of the
solar wind bulk velocity. Zero points TOWARDS
the sun and positive values point towards the
EAST (?)
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: POL
Field_Mnemonic: POL
Field_Units: degrees
Field_Resolution: unknown, but may be approximately 3 degrees
Field_Range: -90.0 to 90.0
Field_Description: Average of the polar (N/S) angle of the solar
wind bulk velocity. Zero points TOWARDS the
sun and positive values point towards the
NORTH (?)
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: DTEM
Field_Mnemonic: DTEM
Field_Units: degrees Kelvin
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: unknown
Field_Description: Formal value of the uncertainty in proton
temperature (K) calculated by the least squares
fit software.
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: DDEN
Field_Mnemonic: DDEN
Field_Units: number / cm**3
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: unknown
Field_Description: Formal value of the uncertainty in the proton
density calculated by the least squares fit
software.
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: DVEL
Field_Mnemonic: DVEL
Field_Units: km / sec
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: unknown
Field_Description: Formal value of the uncertainty in the bulk
velocity calculated by the least squares fit
software.
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: DAZM
Field_Mnemonic: DAZM
Field_Units: degrees
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: unknown
Field_Description: Formal value of the uncertainty in the azimuthal
flow angle calculated by the least squares fit
software.
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
Field_Name: RPOL
Field_Mnemonic: RPOL
Field_Units: degrees
Field_Resolution: unknown
Field_Range: unknown
Field_Description: Formal value of the uncertainty in the polar
flow angle calculated by the least squares fit
software.
Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable
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