ESA-GEOS 1 - Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer (S-331)


PI of the experiment or contact person F. Mariani
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) IFGM       (ITA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person mariani@roma2.infn.it
Type of experiment A triaxial fluxgate magnetometer
References about the experiment Payload of the GEOS Scientific Geostationary Satellite (E16.2)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1977-029A&ex=9
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 28-04-1977
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 23-06-1978
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 14
Highest data rate 96 kbps
Preliminary results VLF electromagnetic waves observed onboard GEOS-1 (R16.2)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) DC and ULF magnetic field
Data range DC - 5 Hz
± 60 nT or ± 180 nT
Sensitivity 0.125 nT
Time resolution 5.5 s
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports 16-mm Microfilm and magnetic tape
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/database/
www-nmc?77-029A&ex=9&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????