ISEE 1 - Quasi-static and low-frequency electric fields (0.1-200 mV/m, frequency < 1000Hz)


PI of the experiment or contact person F. S. Mozer
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) SSL-UCB        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person mozer@sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu
wygant@ham.spa.umn.edu
Type of experiment A pair of 8-cm diameter vitreous carbon spheres which were separated
by 73.5 m and mounted on the ends of wire booms in the satellite spin plane
References about the experiment Measurements of quasi-static and low-frequency electric fields
with spherical double probes on the ISEE-1 spacecraft (E62.2)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1977-102A&ex=6
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 Electric field measurements in the solar wind, bow shock, magnetosheath,
magnetopause and magnetosphere (R62.2)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Electric Field
Data range 0 - 12 Hz
0.1 - 200 mV/m
Sensitivity 0.1 mV/m
Time resolution 3 s
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports Magnetic Tape and Microfilm
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1977-102A&ex=6&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????