Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME GO V PWS RESAMP SUMMARY VENUS SPECTRUM ANALYZER 60S V1.0
DATA_SET_ID GO-V-PWS-4-SUMM-VSA60S-V1.0
NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID
DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION This data set includes 1-minute averages of the electric and magnetic wave spectra obtained during the ~ 53-minute period that the Galileo plasma wave receiver was operated at Venus. The parameter provided for the electric field spectrum is the electric field spectral density in units of V^2/m^2/Hz. The magnetic field spectrum is provided in units of magnetic field spectral density, nT^2/Hz. The spectral information is averaged and binned into 49 logarithmically-spaced channels from about 6 Hz to 5.6 MHz for the electric measurements and 34 channels from about 6 Hz to 75 kHz for the magnetic. Note that these 'channels' do not generally correspond to the 158 specific channels described in the instrument description document. The reduction in spectral resolution for this data set was performed in order to make the set more conducive to use as a browse data set. The sources of this browse data set are the High Frequency Receiver, Sweep Frequency Receiver, and Spectrum Analyzer which make up the Low Rate Science portion of the PWS. During the limited time of this data set, Galileo was skimming very close to the Venusian bow shock and actually executed several shock crossings during this time. The plasma wave data included in this data set are summarized by Gurnett et al. [1991].
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 1995-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 1990-02-10T04:32:00.000Z
STOP_TIME 1990-02-10T05:26:00.000Z
MISSION_NAME GALILEO
MISSION_START_DATE 1977-10-01T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE 2003-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
TARGET_NAME VENUS
TARGET_TYPE PLANET
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID GO
INSTRUMENT_NAME RADIO AND PLASMA WAVE SCIENCE
PLASMA WAVE RECEIVER
INSTRUMENT_ID PWS
INSTRUMENT_TYPE PLASMA WAVE SPECTROMETER
NODE_NAME planetary plasma interactions
ARCHIVE_STATUS PRE PEER REVIEW
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE This data set includes all available Low Rate Science spectrum analyzer data within the interval of time covered. The data included in this set have been checked for accuracy by including only those words from the telemetry stream which did not have parity errors based on parity bits included with the data as part of the PWS data processing unit functions. The magnetic spectra contain narrowband interference lines at 2.4 kHz and harmonics. Missing data are indicated by zero.
CITATION_DESCRIPTION Kurth, W.S., GO-V-PWS-4-SUMM-VSA60S-V1.0, GO V PWS RESAMP SUMMARY VENUS SPECTRUM ANALYZER 60S V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1995.
ABSTRACT_TEXT This data set includes 1-minute averages of the electric and magnetic wave spectra obtained during the ~ 53-minute period that the Galileo plasma wave receiver was operated at Venus.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME DR. WILLIAM S. KURTH
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