Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME VOYAGER 1 SOLAR WIND PLS FINE RES V1.0
DATA_SET_ID VG1-SS-PLS-3-RDR-FINE-RES-V1.0
NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID
DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION Voyager 1 plasma data of the solar wind, fine resolution data.The files in this directory contain the Voyager fine resolution plasma data.The plasma parameters are obtained by finding the best fit of a convectedisotropic Maxwellian distribution to the data. One sigma errorsare typically less than 0.5 percent in the speed and VR, less than 5 percent for the density and thermal speed, and vary greatly for VT and VN.Sampling times range from 12 to 192 sec., with sampling generally morefrequent early in the mission. The columns are:1) Year2) day of year (day 1 is Jan. 1)3) decimal hour4) proton speed in km/s (magnitude of V)5) proton density in cm-36) proton thermal speed in km/s (proton temperature in eV = .0052 times the square of the thermal speed)7) VR8) VT (WARNING: this parameter is often NOT reliable after 1989)9) VN (WARNING: this parameter is often NOT reliable after 1989)The velocity components are given in the RTN coordinate system,where R is radially outward, T is in a plane parallel to the solarequatorial plane and positive in the direction of solar rotation,and N completes a right-handed system.Please consult with us, or at least send preprints, when you use this data toprevent grievous errors or misconceptions.(John Richardson, jdr@space.mit.edu)
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 1996-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 1977-09-07T09:21:00.000Z
STOP_TIME 1980-12-31T05:56:00.000Z
MISSION_NAME VOYAGER
MISSION_START_DATE 1972-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE N/A (ongoing)
TARGET_NAME SOLAR WIND
TARGET_TYPE
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID VG1
INSTRUMENT_NAME PLASMA SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
INSTRUMENT_ID PLS
INSTRUMENT_TYPE PLASMA INSTRUMENT
NODE_NAME planetary plasma interactions
ARCHIVE_STATUS ARCHIVED
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE N/A
CITATION_DESCRIPTION N/A
ABSTRACT_TEXT Voyager 1 plasma data of the solar wind, fine resolution data.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME JOHN D. RICHARDSON
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