Viking - Low Frequency Wave Experiment (V4L)


PI of the experiment or contact person Georg Gustafsson
Institute of the PI or of the contact person (country) IRF-U        (SWE)
E-mail of the PI or of the contact person Georg.Gustafsson@irfu.se
Type of experiment The probes mounted on two 40-m wire booms and a wave analyzer
References about the experiment Viking Low Frequency Wave Experiment (V4L)(E85.3)
Link(s) to Web site(s) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1986-019B&ex=3
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 12.8 kbps
Preliminary results On Waves Below the Local Proton Gyrofrequency in Auroral Acceleration Regions (R85.3)
Measured data (k, w, Bo, E(t), B(t), polarisation, Vphase, ...) Magnetic and electric field vectors
Data range 0 - 15 kHz
Sensitivity ?????
Time resolution 18.75 ms
Sampling rate ?????
Data formats and supports Black & White Microfiche and Magnetic Tape
Location of the data NSSDC and Online (SADS and CDPP)
References about the data http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1986-019B&ex=3&ds=*
High-resolution data (support, place, contact) ?????