AMPTE / IRM - Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer


PI of the experiment or contact person H. Lühr
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) GFZ       (DEU)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person hluehr@gfz-potsdam.de
Type of experiment 1 three-axis fluxgate magnetometer mounted on a 2-m boom
References about the experiment The IRM Fluxgate Magnetometer (E4.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1984-088B&ex=2
http://www-ssg.sr.unh.edu/tof/Missions/Ampte-irm/amptemain.html
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 16-08-1984
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 06-1986
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 22
Highest data rate 8 kbps
Preliminary results A statistical study of Pc3-Pc5 magnetic pulsations observed
by the AMPTE/Ion Release Module satellite (R4.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) 3 components of the magnetic field
Data range ± 4000 nT and ± 60000 nT
Sensitivity 0.12 nT and 1.8 nT
Time resolution ?????
Sampling rate 32 vector samples per second
Data formats and supports Magnetic tape
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/database/
www-nmc?84-088B&ex=2&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) W. Baumjohann (MPE)
bj@mpe.mpg.de