OGO 3 - Triaxial Search-Coil Magnetometer


PI of the experiment or contact person Edward J. Smith
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) JPL        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person edward.j.smith@jpl.nasa.gov
Type of experiment A triaxial search coils mounted at the end of a 6.1-m boom
References about the experiment OGO search coil magnetometer experiments (E72.2)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1966-049A&ex=12
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 09-06-1966
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 27-04-1968
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 23
Highest data rate 64 kbps
Preliminary results OGO-3 observations of ELF noise in the magnetosphere:
Part 1. Spatial Extent and frequency of occurrence (R72.2)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Magnetic fields components
Data range 0.01 - 1000 Hz
±30 nT and 500 nT
Sensitivity ±0.25 nT and ±3 nT
Time resolution 0.126 s
Sampling rate 7 samples/s
Data formats and supports Microfilm and Magnetic Tape
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/database/
www-nmc?66-049A&ex=12&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????