Aureol 3 - Fluxgate Magnetometer (TRAC)


PI of the experiment or contact person J. J. Berthelier
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) CETP       (FRA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person Jean-Jacques.Berthelier@cetp.ipsl.fr
Type of experiment Triaxial fluxgate magnetometer
References about the experiment DC magnetic field observations on board the AUREOL-3 satellite :
the TRAC experiment (E10.2)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1981-094A&ex=11
http://www.iki.rssi.ru/history/arcadinstr.html
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 08-11-1981
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 31-01-1983 (12-1983 for Magnetic Tape)
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 14 (25)
Highest data rate ?????
Preliminary results DC magnetic field observations on board the AUREOL-3 satellite :
the TRAC experiment (R10.2)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) The 3 components of the magnetic field
Data range ?????
Sensitivity ?????
Time resolution 2.5 s
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports CD-ROM, Magnetic Tape and ftp
Location of the data FTPWeb-Helper
and Online (http://www.iki.rssi.ru/da.html and CDPP)
References about the data http://www.iki.rssi.ru/da/vlf.txt
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) Jean-Jacques.Berthelier@cetp.ipsl.fr