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Citation |
Richardson, J.D., VG1-S-PLS-5-SUMM-ELE-FIT-96SEC-V1.0,
VOYAGER 1 SATURN PLASMA DERIVED ELECTRON PARAMETERS 96 SEC,
NASA Planetary Data System, 2002. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) |
10.17189/1519917
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Data Set Abstract |
THIS DATA SET CONTAINS ELECTRON P
ARAMETERS IN THE PLS ENERGY RANGE (10-5950 EV) AT SATURN DURING THE
VOYAGER 1 ENCOUNTER. PARAMETERS ARE CALCULATED IN SEVERAL WAYS. TOTAL
MOMENT DENSITY AND TEMPERATURE ARE GIVEN. EACH ELECTRON SPECTRUM IS ALSO
FIT WITH A THERMAL COMPONENT AND 1-3 HOT COMPONENTS DEPENDING ON HOW MANY
MAXWELLIANS ARE NEEDED TO FIT THE ENTIRE DISTRIBUTION. THE MOMENT DENSITY
AND TEMPERATURE OF THE HOT COMPONENT IS CALCULATED AFTER THE THERMAL
COMPONENT IS SUBTRACTED FROM THE SPECTRUM. THE CHI-SQUARE VALUE FOR EACH
FIT IS GIVEN. THE SPACECRAFT CHARGE IS NOT CALCULATED CONSISTENTLY, AND
MAY RESULT IN FACTOR OF 2-3 ERRORS IN THE THERMAL ELECTRON DENSITY. DATA
IS UNRELIABLE INSIDE 6 RS AND IN THE OCCULTATION REGIONS. A COMPLETE
DESCRIPTION OF THIS DATA SET IS IN SITTLERETAL. (1983) |
Search/Access Data |
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Additional Information |
Mission Information |
VOYAGER
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Data Set Information |
VG1-S-PLS-5-SUMM-ELE-FIT-96SEC-V1.0 |
Instrument Host Information |
VG1
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Instrument Information |
PLS
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Target Information |
SATURN
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