| PI of the experiment or contact person | Ronald P. Lepping |
|---|---|
| Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) | NASA-GSFC (USA) |
| E-mail of the PI or of the contact person | rpl@leprpl.gsfc.nasa.gov |
| Type of experiment | A boom-mounted triaxial fluxgate magnetometer |
| References about the experiment | Availability of IMP-7 and IMP-8 data for the IMS period (E50.1) |
| Link(s) to Web site(s) | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1973-078A&ex=1
http://lep694.gsfc.nasa.gov/imp8/imp8_hm.html http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/collaborating/imp8_inst.html |
| Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) | 30-10-1973 |
| End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) | ***** |
| Lifetime of the experiment (month) | ***** |
| Highest data rate | 3200 bps |
| Preliminary results | On Hot Tenuous Plasma, Fireballs, and Boundary Layers in the Earth's Magnetotail (R50.1) |
| Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) | Magnetic field components |
| Data range | ± 12 nT or ± 36 nT or ± 108 nT |
| Sensitivity | ± 0.14 nT or ± 0.3 nT or ± 0.9 nT |
| Time resolution | 40 ms |
| Sampling rate | 25 samples per second |
| Data formats and supports | Magnetic tape, 35-mm Microfilm, Black & White Microfiche |
| Location of the data | NSSDC and Online (CDAWeb and FTPWeb-Helper and
http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/forms/imp8_form.html and ftp://nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacecraft_data/imp/imp8/) |
| References about the data | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1973-078A&ex=1&ds=* |
| High-resolution data (support, place, contact) | ????? |