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Galileo - PWS - electron plasma density

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spase://CNES/NumericalData/CDPP-AMDA/Galileo/PWS/gll-pws-density

Description
This data set contains all available plasma electron number densities derived from observations by Galileo PWS (Plasma Wave Science). Data provided on this volume are at the highest available time and frequency resolution and have been calibrated into physical units..

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spase://CNES/NumericalData/CDPP-AMDA/Galileo/PWS/gll-pws-density
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Galileo - PWS - electron plasma density
AlternateName
Electron Plasma Density - Derived Products
ReleaseDate
2025-06-30 07:00:54Z
Description
This data set contains all available plasma electron number densities derived from observations by Galileo PWS (Plasma Wave Science). Data provided on this volume are at the highest available time and frequency resolution and have been calibrated into physical units..
Acknowledgement
When using this data please acknowledge the PI Donald A. Gurnett and Co-I William S. Kurth, NASA, the PDS and the VMO.
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. PrincipalInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/Donald.A.Gurnett
2. CoInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/William.S.Kurth
3. DataProducer spase://SMWG/Person/Chris.W.Piker

InformationURL
Name
PDS/PPI
URL
InformationURL
Name
J.A. Ansher (2001). Electron Density at Jupiter Using the Galileo Plasma Wave Instrument
URL
Description
J.A. Ansher doctoral thesis. Chapter three of this document provides an overview of the radiation cutoff technique used to collect the majority of the plasma density measurements
InformationURL
Name
B. H. Richards (2006). Determination of the Electron Density in the Jovian Magnetosphere from the Galileo Plasma Wave Data
URL
Description
B. H. Richards master thesis. Chapter two of this document expands upon the analysis techniques of ANSHER_2001.PDF to include digitization of narrow band upper hybrid resonance emissions.
InformationURL
Name
J. B. Barnhart et. al. (2009). Electron Densityies in Jupiter's Outer Magnetosphere Determined from Voyager 1 and 2 Plasma Wave Spectra
URL
Description
J. B. Barnhart et. al. 2009 paper describing data interpretation techniques used on this volume, but applied to the Voyager PWS waveform datasets. No similar paper has been released for Galileo PWS plasma density determination, thus this one has been included as the best available documentation for density determination when Fpe << Fce.
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
CDPP/AMDA HAPI Server
URL
Style
HAPI
ProductKey
gll-pws-density
Description
Web Service to this product using the HAPI interface.
Format
CSV
Acknowledgement
Thank you for acknowledging the use of AMDA in publications with wording like "Data analysis was performed with the AMDA science analysis system provided by the Centre de Données de la Physique des Plasmas (CDPP) supported by CNRS, CNES, Observatoire de Paris and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse". See the Rules of the road at https://amda.cdpp.eu/help/policy.html . Please acknowledge the Data Providers.
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
CDPP/AMDA Web application
URL
Description
Access to Data via CDPP/AMDA Web application.
Format
CSV
Format
VOTable
Format
CDF
Format
PNG
Acknowledgement
Thank you for acknowledging the use of AMDA in publications with wording like "Data analysis was performed with the AMDA science analysis system provided by the Centre de Données de la Physique des Plasmas (CDPP) supported by CNRS, CNES, Observatoire de Paris and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse". See the Rules of the road at https://amda.cdpp.eu/help/policy.html . Please acknowledge the Data Providers.
ProviderName
PDS
ProviderResourceName
GO-J-PWS-5-DDR-PLASMA-DENSITY-FULL-V1.0
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
Waves.Passive
MeasurementType
ElectricField
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1996-05-25 08:13:26Z
StopDate
2002-11-05 04:09:30Z
Cadence
PT18S
ObservedRegion
Jupiter
Keywords
Jupiter
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Amalthea
Io plasma torus
GALILEO
Parameter #1
Name
e- density
ParameterKey
gll_pws_density
Description
Electron number density in cm**-3 as determined from frequency measurements of the plasma and equations of cold plasma theory.
UCD
phys.density;phys.electron
Units
cm**-3
RenderingHints
DisplayType
TimeSeries
Particle
ParticleType
Electron
ParticleQuantity
NumberDensity