ISEE 1 - Fluxgate Magnetometer, Tri-axial


PI of the experiment or contact person Christopher T. Russell
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) IGPP-UCLA        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person ctrussel@igpp.ucla.edu
Type of experiment In this triaxial fluxgate magnetometer, three ring-core sensors in an orthogonal triad
were enclosed in a flipper mechanism at the end of the magnetometer boom.
References about the experiment ISEE 1 and 2 fluxgate magnetometers (E62.1)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1977-102A&ex=4
http://ndads.gsfc.nasa.gov/arms/archives_ISEE1.holdings
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 22-10-1977
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 26-09-1987
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 119
Highest mode of operation 16380 bps
Preliminary results Initial ISEE magnetometer results: Shock observations (R62.1)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Magnetic Field
Data range 0 - 10 Hz
±256 nT and ±8192 nT
Sensitivity 0.0078 nT and 0.25 nT
Time resolution 3 s
Sampling rate 512 samples/s
Data formats and supports Magnetic Tape, Optical Disk and Microfiche
Location of the data NSSDC and Online (NSSDCftp and http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/forms/isee/)
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1977-102A&ex=4&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????