EXOS-B - Natural Plasma Waves (NPW)


PI of the experiment or contact person Hiroshi Oya
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) UASRL-UT      (JPN)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person oya@stpp1.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp
Type of experiment A 103-m (tip-to-tip) dipole antenna or a cored loop antenna
consisting of 76 turns with a diameter of 15.5 cm
References about the experiment Terrestrial Kilometric Radiation Observed by Satellite JIKIKEN (EXOS-B) (E19.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1978-087A&ex=2
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 16-09-1978
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 24-08-1981
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 35
Highest data rate 1024 bps
Preliminary results VLF Wave Observation by Satellite JIKIKEN (EXOS-B) (R19.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Plasma waves
Data range 0.02 - 3 MHz
Sensitivity ?????
Time resolution ?????
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports Microfiche
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/
database/www-nmc?78-087A&ex=2&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) Hiroshi Oya
oya@stpp1.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp