Data Set Information
DATA_SET_NAME VG2 URA MAG RESAMPLED RDR U1 COORDINATES 9.6SEC V1.0
DATA_SET_ID VG2-U-MAG-4-RDR-U1COORDS-9.6SEC-V1.0
NSSDC_DATA_SET_ID
DATA_SET_TERSE_DESCRIPTION This data set contains LFM data in the solar wind at Uranus. Data were averaged from the 1.92 second rate to a 9.6 second resampled rate and are provided in the Uranus Longitude (U1) coordinate system. Magnetometer data are given in HG coordinates.
DATA_SET_DESCRIPTION
This data set includes data from the Low Field Magnetometer (LFM)
          in the solar wind during the Uranus encounter. The
          encounter data (1986-01-24T07:00:00  -> 1986-01-25T04:00:00)
          have been averaged from the 1.92 second averaged data
          to a 9.6 second resampled rate and
          are provided in the Uranus Longitude (U1) coordinate system.
          Magnetometer data in the solar wind are given in Heliographic
          coordinates and are also available in a separate dataset.
          The dataset consists of the following columns:
           1) ctime (decimal seconds since 1966-01-01T00:00:00.000),
           2) pdstime (ISO standard time format),
           3-5) spacecraft clock (m65536,m60,fds-line),
           6) magnetometer id (1 = LFM, 2 = HFM),
           7) Br (radial component),
           8) Bphi (longitudinal component),
           9) Btheta (colatitudinal component),
          10) Bmag  (magnitude of the average components),
          11) avg_Bmag (average of the magnitude of the raw components),
          12) Lambda (longitude = tan^-1(Bt/Br)),
          13) Delta (latitude = sin^-1(Bn/avg_Bmag) ),
          14-16) rms vector (Pythagorean root mean square deviation
               of the component averages),
          17) npts (number of points in average),
          18) flag a character string which indicates software or
              s/c hardware intervention which reduces confidence
              in the data (NULL flags represent 'good' data).


          The U1 coordinate system is a non-inertial spherical coordinate
          system that rotates with Uranus with a period of
          17.24 hours. The system components are:
          R     - Radial along the Uranus-S/C line, positive away from Uranus,
          Phi   - east longitudinal component,
          Theta - colatitudinal component.


              An ancillary data file containing the derived spacecraft
          magnetic field is provided with this data at a 48 second
          sample rate. These data provide zero level offsets used in
          the data processing. S/C field data is provided in spacecraft
          coordinates.

    SAMPLING_PARAMETER_NAME        = TIME
    SAMPLING_PARAMETER_RESOLUTION  = 9.6
    MINIMUM_SAMPLING_PARAMETER     = 19770820120000.000000
    MAXIMUM_SAMPLING_PARAMETER     = UNK
    SAMPLING_PARAMETER_INTERVAL    = 9.6
    MINIMUM_AVAILABLE_SAMPLING_INT = 0.060000
    SAMPLING_PARAMETER_UNIT        = SECOND
    DATA_SET_PARAMETER_NAME        = MAGNETIC FIELD VECTOR
    NOISE_LEVEL                    = 0.006000
    DATA_SET_PARAMETER_UNIT        = NANOTESLA
DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE 1993-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
START_TIME 1986-01-24T07:00:00.005Z
STOP_TIME 1986-01-25T03:59:58.001Z
MISSION_NAME VOYAGER
MISSION_START_DATE 1972-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE N/A (ongoing)
TARGET_NAME URANUS
TARGET_TYPE PLANET
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID VG2
INSTRUMENT_NAME TRIAXIAL FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETER
INSTRUMENT_ID MAG
INSTRUMENT_TYPE MAGNETOMETER
NODE_NAME Planetary Plasma Interactions
ARCHIVE_STATUS ARCHIVED
CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE
This dataset contains some data gaps and spikes. The
          dataset does contain a flag value which has been provided
          by the PI (Norman Ness) that indicates whether or not a
          particular record has been contaminated by software error
          or by spacecraft interference ( a flag value of 1 indicates
          a bad value, 0 indicates that the record has either not
          been evaluated or is good). Some records that are obviously
          contaminated have not been flagged. The hourly summary data
          will show a contamination code and data quality code of 2
          when data in the hour have not been flagged but are
          obviously in error and a contamination code of 1 when the
          hour contains flagged records.
CITATION_DESCRIPTION Ness, N.F., VG2-U-MAG-4-RDR-U1COORDS-9.6SEC-V1.0, VG2 URA MAG RESAMPLED RDR U1 COORDINATES 9.6SEC V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1993.
ABSTRACT_TEXT This data set includes data from the Low Field Magnetometer (LFM) in the solar wind during the Uranus encounter. The encounter data (1986-01-24T07:00:00 -> 1986-01-25T04:00:00) have been averaged from the 1.92 second averaged data to a 9.6 second resampled rate and are provided in the Uranus Longitude (U1) coordinate system. Magnetometer data in the solar wind are given in Heliographic coordinates.
PRODUCER_FULL_NAME DR. NORMAN F. NESS
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