EXOS-D - Magnetic Field Detector (MGF)


PI of the experiment or contact person H. Fukunishi
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) UASRL-UT       (JPN)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person fuku@stpp2.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp
Type of experiment A triaxial fluxgate magnetometer (F) (mounted on a 5 m extendable mast)
and a triaxial search coil magnetometer (S) (mounted on a 3 m extendable mast)
References about the experiment Magnetic field observations on the Akebono (EXOS-D) satellite (E20.2)
Link(s) to Web site(s) *****
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 08-03-1989
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) *****
Lifetime of the experiment (month) *****
Highest data rate 64 kbps
Preliminary results Small-scale Field-aligned Currents Observed by the
AKEBONO (EXOS-D) Satellite (R20.2)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) The 3 components of the magnetic field
Data range F : ± 1024 nT or ± 4096 nT or ± 16384 nT or ± 65536 nT
S : 1 - 800 Hz
Sensitivity F : 0.031 nT or 0.125 nT or 0.5 nT or 2 nT
S : 1 pT (10 Hz)
Time resolution 0.5 s
Sampling rate 32 samples per second
Data formats and supports Optical and magnetic disks
Location of the data ISAS       (JPN)
References about the data ?????
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) Ryo-ichi Fujii (STE Laboratory, Nagoya University rfujii@stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp)