Viking - Magnetic Field Experiment (V2)


PI of the experiment or contact person Larry J. Zanetti
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) APL        (USA)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person zanetti@jhuapl.edu
Type of experiment A single wide-range triaxial fluxgate magnetometer, with the sensor mounted
remotely from the spacecraft on a deployable boom
References about the experiment (E85.2)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1986-019B&ex=6
http://www.ssc.se/ssd/ssat/viking/viking.html
Start experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 17-03-1986
End experiment operation (dd-mm-yyyy) 12-05-1987
Lifetime of the experiment (month) 14
Highest data rate 2.2 kbps
Preliminary results Viking Magnetic and Electric Field Observations of Pc 1 Waves at High Latitudes (R85.2)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Magnetic field vectors
Data range ±1024, ±4096, ±16384 and ±65536 nT
Sensitivity ±0.125 nT (at 1024 nT) and ±8 nT (at 65536 nT)
Time resolution 20 ms
Sampling rate 53.3 vector samples per second
Data formats and supports Black & White Microfiche
Location of the data NSSDC
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1986-019B&ex=6&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????