Dynamics Explorer 1 - Magnetic Field Observations Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer (MAG-A)


PI of the experiment or contact person James A. Slavin
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) NASA-GSFC       (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person slavin@lepjas.gsfc.nasa.gov
Type of experiment 1 triaxial fluxgate magnetometer
References about the experiment Magnetic Field Observations on DE-A and -B (E13.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1981-070A&ex=1
http://leadbelly.lanl.gov/de/MAGA.html
ftp://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/misc/docs/b46598.txt
ftp://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/misc/docs/b46599.txt
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 15-09-1981
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 18-02-1991
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 113
Highest data rate 16.4 kbps
Preliminary results (R13.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase,...) 3 components of the magnetic field
Data range ± 80 nT or ± 1000 nT or ± 6000 nT or ± 62000 nT
Sensitivity 1.5 nT (62000 nT)
0.02 nT (80 nT)
Time resolution 62.5 ms
Sampling rate 16 samples per second
Data formats and supports Digital Magnetic Tape, 8-mm Tape, 4-mm Tape and CD-ROM
Location of the data NSSDC and Online (NSSDCftp)
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/database/
www-nmc?81-070B&ex=1&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) 8-mm Tape, NSSDC, Robert.M.Candey@gsfc.nasa.gov