| PI of the experiment or contact person | Nelson C. Maynard |
|---|---|
| Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) | MRC (USA) |
| E-mail of the PI or of the contact person | nmaynard@mrcnh.com |
| Type of experiment | 6 cylindrical antennas 11 m long and 28 mm in diameter |
| References about the experiment | Instrumentation for Vector Electric Field measurements from DE-B (E14.2) |
| Link(s) to Web site(s) | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1981-070B&ex=2
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/space/de.html ftp://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/misc/docs/b46575.txt |
| Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) | 15-08-1981 |
| End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) | 16-02-1983 |
| Lifetime of the experiment (month) | 18 |
| Highest data rate | 16.4 kbps |
| Preliminary results | Empirical High-Latitude Electric Field Models (R14.2a)
High-Latitude Distibutions of Plasma Waves and Spatial Irregularities from DE-2 AC Electric Field Observations (R14.2b) |
| Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) | DC electric field and variational AC electric field |
| Data range | DC : ± 1 V.m-1 AC : 4 Hz - 1024 Hz 1 µV.m-1 - 10 mV.m-1 |
| Sensitivity | DC : 0.1 mV.m-1 |
| Time resolution | ????? |
| Sampling rate | DC : 16 samples per sec AC : 1or 2 samples per sec |
| Data formats and supports | Digital Magnetic Tape, 8-mm Tape, CD-ROM, and Optical Disk |
| Location of the data | NSSDC and Online (FTPWeb-Helper) |
| References about the data | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/database/ www-nmc?81-070B&ex=2 |
| High-resolution data (support, place, contact) | Optical Disk, NSSDC, Robert.M.Candey@gsfc.nasa.gov |