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Oersted Mag-R: Calibrated CSC and raw SIM data

ResourceID
spase://ESA/NumericalData/Oersted/CSC/MAGR/PT1S

Description
This dataset contains 1 second measurements of the magnetic field vector from the Compact Spherical Coil (CSC) Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer and matrices describing rotation from J2000 reference system to stellar compass coordinate system and Earth Centered, Earth Fixed polar coordinates to J2000 reference system on the Oersted spacecraft.

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ResourceID
spase://ESA/NumericalData/Oersted/CSC/MAGR/PT1S
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Oersted Mag-R: Calibrated CSC and raw SIM data
ReleaseDate
2019-05-05 12:34:56Z
Description
This dataset contains 1 second measurements of the magnetic field vector from the Compact Spherical Coil (CSC) Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer and matrices describing rotation from J2000 reference system to stellar compass coordinate system and Earth Centered, Earth Fixed polar coordinates to J2000 reference system on the Oersted spacecraft.
Acknowledgement
Dr. Fritz Primdahl; Dr. Ib Laursen; The European Space Agency; Danish Meteorological Institute (Denmark); Danish Ministry of Commerce (Denmark); Danish Ministry of Transportation (Denmark); Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States); Danish Ministry of Science (Denmark); Danish Space Research Institute (Denmark)
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. PrincipalInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/Fritz.Primdahl
InformationURL
Name
NSSDC's Master Catalog
URL
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1999-008B-01
Description
Information about the Oersted Compact Spherical Coil Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer.
Language
en
InformationURL
Name
MAG-R Data
URL
https://ftp.space.dtu.dk/data/magnetic-satellites/Oersted/mag-r/
Description
Information about the Compact Spherical Coil Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer MAG-R data format.
Language
en
PriorIDs
spase://VMO/NumericalData/Oersted/CSC/MAGR/PT1S
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Oersted/CSC/MAGR/PT1S
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/UCLA/VMO
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory
URL
http://vmo.igpp.ucla.edu/data1/Oersted/mag-r/
Description
Compact Spherical Coil Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer MAG-R data format clearly described.
Format
Text
Acknowledgement
Dr. Fritz Primdahl;
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
ProviderResourceName
Compact Spherical Coil Fluxgate Vector Magnetometer MAG-R data
ProviderProcessingLevel
Calibrated
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Oersted/CSC
MeasurementType
MagneticField
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1999-03-15 00:00:00Z
StopDate
2007-12-31 23:59:59Z
Note
It is not clear if this mission is still active.
Cadence
PT1S
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.AuroralRegion
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.PolarCap
Parameter #1
Name
Universal Time
ParameterKey
Time
Description
Universal time columns from left to right are: year-month-day (yyyy-mm-dd) and seconds of the day.
Cadence
PT1S
Structure
Size
2
Description
Universal Time expressed using a 6-column day, month, year, hour, minute, second representation
Element
Name
Year-Month-Day
Index
1
ParameterKey
Column_1-Column_2-Column_3
Element
Name
Second
Index
2
ParameterKey
Second
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
Oersted Spacecraft Position Vector in ECEF polar coordinates
ParameterKey
Position Vectors
Description
Location of the spacecraft in Earth Centered, Earth Fixed polar coordinates in units of Re and degrees.
Cadence
PT1S
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
ECEF
Structure
Size
3
Element
Name
Radius
Qualifier
Component.I
Index
1
ParameterKey
r
Units
km
Element
Name
Theta
Qualifier
Component.J
Index
2
ParameterKey
theta
Units
degrees
Element
Name
Phi
Qualifier
Component.K
Index
3
ParameterKey
Phi
Units
degrees
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #3
Name
Oersted CSC Magnetic Field Vector in CSC coordinates
ParameterKey
Magnetic Field Vectors
Description
Magnetic field vector for Oersted in CSC coordinate sstem in units of nT.
Cadence
PT1S
Units
nT
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
SC
Structure
Size
3
Element
Name
B1
Qualifier
Component.I
Index
1
ParameterKey
B1
Element
Name
B2
Qualifier
Component.J
Index
2
ParameterKey
B2
Element
Name
B3
Qualifier
Component.K
Index
3
ParameterKey
B3
Field
Qualifier
Vector
FieldQuantity
Magnetic
Parameter #4
Name
J2000 to Stella compass quaternion
ParameterKey
J2000 2 SIM
Description
A quaternion describing the rotation from j2000 star coordinate system to the stella compass coordinate system.
Cadence
PT1S
Units
unitless
Structure
Size
4
Element
Name
Q1
Qualifier
Tensor
Index
1
Element
Name
Q2
Qualifier
Tensor
Index
2
Element
Name
Q3
Qualifier
Tensor
Index
3
Element
Name
Q4
Qualifier
Tensor
Index
4
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #5
Name
Earth Centered, Earth Fixed to J2000 quaternion
ParameterKey
ECEF 2 J2000
Description
A quaternion describing the rotation from ECEF (Earth Centered, Earth Fixed) coordinate system (Note: not the local system) to the j2000 star coordinate system.
Cadence
PT1S
Units
unitless
Structure
Size
4
Element
Name
Q1
Qualifier
Tensor
Index
1
Element
Name
Q2
Qualifier
Tensor
Index
2
Element
Name
Q3
Qualifier
Tensor
Index
3
Element
Name
Q4
Qualifier
Tensor
Index
4
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
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