EXOS-B - Fluxgate Magnetometer (MGF)


PI of the experiment or contact person Kiyohumi Yumoto
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) STEL       (JPN)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person yumoto@stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Type of experiment A three-axis fluxgate magnetometer
References about the experiment (E19.3)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1978-087A&ex=5
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 Field-Aligned Currents Observed by Satellite JIKIKEN (EXOS-B) (R19.3)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) The 3 components of the magnetic field
Data range ± 48, 640, 8282, 1370 and 247 nT
Sensitivity several nT
Time resolution 1 or 4s
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports Digital (PCM) data
Location of the data ISAS in the database "Sirius"
References about the data ?????
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) Koichiro Tsuruda
tsuruda@stp.isas.ac.jp