CCSD1F00000100000034CCSD1R00000300000014 DELIMITER=EOF; CCSD1C00000400000013 ADI=NSSD1I00 ; CCSD1R00000300000036 DELIMITER=SMARKER; TYPE=CCSD1K000002; ************************************* FORMAT.SFD file - Hourly Average Data ************************************* 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 Hourly Averaged Data Set DESCR: Format description of the PVO OPA Hourly Averaged Dat Set archive, 1978 to 1992 REL_DATE: 1994-09-16 CCSD1R00000300000018 DELIMITER=EMARKER; CCSD1R00000300000032 DELIMITER=EOF; TYPE=CCSD1D000002; FILE_TYPE_NAME: PVOHOUR.DAT RECORD_TYPE_NAME: PVO OPA Hourly Averages RECORD_STRUCTURE: Fixed Length, no control fields. RECORD_LENGTH: 120 Bytes RECORD_FIELD_MNEMONICS: SCID, JYDD, NHR, RAD, HLONG, HLAT, NBREC, NSWREC, none, BMAG, BAZM, BPOL, none, RBMAG, RBAZM, RBPOL TEM, DEN, VEL, AZM, POL, RTEM, RDEN, RVEL, RAZM, RPOL, FLUX, PRES, PCONV, ERG RECORD_SYNTAX: 30 fields per record in the following order: SCID, JYDD, NHR, RAD, HLONG, HLAT, NBREC, NSWREC, none, BMAG, BAZM, BPOL, none, RBMAG, RBAZM, RBPOL TEM, DEN, VEL, AZM, POL, RTEM, RDEN, RVEL, RAZM, RPOL, FLUX, PRES, PCONV, ERG 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: NHR Field_Mnemonic: NHR Field_Units: Hours Field_Resolution: 1 hour Field_Range: 0 to 23 Field_Description: Integer hour number from 0 to 23 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: NBREC Field_Mnemonic: NBREC Field_Units: magnetometer records Field_Resolution: 1 Field_Range: approximately -500 to 500 Field_Description: Number of records in the magnetic field average, if any. This value is set negative to indicate times when the spacecraft was inside the Venusian bow shock. Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: NSWREC Field_Mnemonic: NSWREC Field_Units: solar wind spectra Field_Resolution: 1 Field_Range: approximately -60 to 60 Field_Description: Number of records in the solar wind average, if any. This value is set negative to indicate times when the spacecraft was inside the Venusian bow shock. 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: RBMAG Field_Mnemonic: RBMAG 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: RBAZM Field_Mnemonic: RBAZM 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: RBPOL Field_Mnemonic: RBPOL 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: RTEM Field_Mnemonic: RTEM Field_Units: degrees Kelvin Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: RMS dispersion of proton temperature (K) Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: RDEN Field_Mnemonic: RDEN Field_Units: number / cm**3 Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: RMS dispersion of density (cm-3) Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: RVEL Field_Mnemonic: RVEL Field_Units: km / sec Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: RMS dispersion of bulk speed (km-sec-1) Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: RAZM Field_Mnemonic: RAZM Field_Units: degrees Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: RMS dispersion of azimuthal flow angle (degrees) Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: RPOL Field_Mnemonic: RPOL Field_Units: degrees Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: RMS dispersion of polar flow angle (degrees) Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: FLUX Field_Mnemonic: FLUX Field_Units: number / (cm**2 sec) Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Average solar wind proton number flux < N V> Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: PRES Field_Mnemonic: PRES Field_Units: dyne / cm**2 Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Average solar wind thermal pressure < N k T> Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: PCONV Field_Mnemonic: PCONV Field_Units: dyne / cm**2 Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Average solar wind dynamic pressure < N Mp V**2> Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable Field_Name: ERG Field_Mnemonic: ERG Field_Units: erg / (cm**2 sec) Field_Resolution: unknown Field_Range: unknown Field_Description: Average solar wind kinetic energy flux <1/2 N Mp V**3> Field_Representation: 4-byte real variable { end of file occurs here }