AMPTE / UKS - Plasma Wave Spectrometer


PI of the experiment or contact person H. Alleyne
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) ACSE        (UK)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person H.Alleyne@sheffield.ac.uk
Type of experiment Electric dipole antenna with 7 m separation between its sensors
and a high permeability core coil
References about the experiment The UKS Wave Experiment (E5.2)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1984-088C&ex=5
http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/AMPTE/uks.html
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 20-08-1984
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 15-01-1985
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 5
Highest data rate 8 kbps
Preliminary results (R5.2)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Magnetic and electric components of the wave field
Data range E : DC - 2 MHz
B : 1 kHz
Sensitivity ?????
Time resolution 5s
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports Microfiche
Location of the data UK Co-ordinated Data Handeling facility for Solar Terrestrial Physics
References about the data http://cdhf.bnsc.rl.ac.uk:8080/STP_CDHF/home.htm
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) simon.walker@sheffield.ac.uk