| P.I. of the experiment or contact person | C. W. Carlson |
|---|---|
| Institute of the P.I. or of the contact person (country) | SSL-UCB (USA) |
| E-mail of the P.I. or of the contact person | cwc@ssl.berkeley.edu |
| Type of experiment | Ten sensors, two on each of the four 29 m radial wire booms (at 24 m and 29 m) and one on each of the two rigid 3 m axial booms |
| References about the experiment | The FAST Satellite Electric Field and Magnetic Field Instrument (E26.1) |
| Link(s) to Web site(s) | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1996-049A&ex=3
http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/fast/ http://sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov/smex/fast/fast_top.html |
| Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) | 21-08-1996 |
| End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) | ***** |
| Lifetime of the experiment (month) | ***** |
| Highest data rate | 2.25 Mbps |
| Preliminary results | Differents articles in the same issue (R26.1) |
| Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) | A vector measurement of the electric field, AC electric field waveform measurements, continous monitoring of the dominant frequency and amplitude of high-frequency waves, measurement of the thermal plasma density and temperature |
| Data range | E : DC - 20kHz 0.1 mV.m-1 - 1 V.m-1 E (AC) : up to 2MHz |
| Sensitivity | 0.01mV.m-1 |
| Time resolution | E : 0.03 ms E (AC) : 32 ms |
| Sampling rate | ????? |
| Data formats and supports | CD-ROM |
| Location of the data | NSSDC and Online (CDAWeb) |
| References about the data | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/database/ www-nmc?96-049A&ex=3&ds=* |
| High resolution data (support, place, contact) | Tim Quinn (SSL-UCB) quinn@sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu |