| Data Set Abstract |
THIS DATA SET CONTAINS ESTIMATES OF THE ION MOMENT DENSITY IN THE
PLS VOLTAGE RANGE (10-5950 EV/Q) AT SATURN DURING THE VOYAGER 1
ENCOUNTER. RIGID COROTATION IS ASSUMED, WHICH LEADS TO AN
UNDERESTIMATE OF THE DENSITY IN SOME REGIONS, AS DOES THE USE OF
AN ACCEPTANCE AREA RELEVANT FOR A COLD BEAM FOR PLASMA WHICH IS
TRANSONIC IS SOME REGIONS. DENSITIES MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED BY A
FACTOR OF 2-3 IN THE INNER MAGNETOSPHERE, SO THIS DATA SET SHOULD
BE USED PRIMARILY FOR STUDIES USING VARIATIONS IN PLASMA DENSITY.
THE FIT DENSITIES GIVE A BETTER ESTIMATE OF THE ABSOLUTE DENSITY.
THIS IS THE DATA SHOWN AND DESCRIBED IN DETAIL IN LAZARUS AND
MCNUTT (1983). DATA FORMAT: COLUMNS 1-5 ARE TIME (YEAR, DAY,
HOUR, MIN, SEC) AND COLUMN 6 IS THE MOMENT DENSITY IN CM-3. EACH
ROW HAS FORMAT (I5,I4,2I3,I4,F8.3). VALUES OF 1.E32 INDICATE THAT
THE PARAMETER COULD NOT BE OBTAINED FROM THE DATA USING THE
STANDARD ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
DATASET AND THE INSTRUMENT WHICH PRODUCED IT CAN BE FOUND
ELSEWHERE IN THIS CATALOG. AN OVERVIEW OF THE DATA IN THIS DATA
SET CAN BE FOUND IN LAZARUS AND MCNUTT (1983) AND A COMPLETE
INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION CAN BE FOUND IN BRIDGE (1977). |
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