AMPTE / IRM - Plasma Wave Spectrometer


PI of the experiment or contact person Rudolf A. Treumann (CP)
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) MPE       (DEU)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person tre@mpe-garching.mpg.de
Type of experiment 47 m tip-to-tip antenna and two boom-mounted search coil magnetometers
References about the experiment The Plasma Wave Instrument On Board the AMPTE IRM Satellite (E4.2)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1984-088B&ex=4
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) 13-08-1986
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 24
Highest data rate 8 kbps
Preliminary results (R4.2)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) 3 components of the electric and the magnetic fields
Data range E : DC - 5.6 MHz
B : 30 Hz - 1.5 MHz
Sensitivity ?????
Time resolution 1 s
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=4&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????