Demeter - Instrument Magnetometer Search-Coil (IMSC)


PI of the experiment or contact person Michel Parrot
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) LPCE        (FRA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person mparrot@cnrs-orleans.fr
Type of experiment This instrument is composed of 3 orthogonal magnetic antennae (search coil type)
linked to a pre-amplifier unit with a shielded cable of 80cm.
The unity is mounted at the end of a 1.9m boom.
References about the experiment The magnetic field experiment and its data processing onboard Demeter:
scientific objectives, description and first results (E?.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://demeter.cnrs-orleans.fr/dmt/imscDescription.htm
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 11-08-2004
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy)  
Lifetime of the experiment (month)  
Highest data rate 25 kb/s in survey mode, 1.7 Mb/s in burst mode
Preliminary results (R?.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Survey Mode: spectrum of 1 magnetic component up to 17 kHz;
Burst Mode: waveforms of 3 magnetic components up to 1 kHz
and waveforms of 1 magnetic component up to 17 kHz.
Data range 10 Hz - 17.4 kHz
Sensitivity  
Time resolution 2.048 s
Sampling rate  
Data formats and supports Internet
Location of the data http://demeter.cnrs-orleans.fr/
References about the data  
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) http://demeter.cnrs-orleans.fr/       (mparrot@cnrs-orleans.fr)