ResourceName
BARREL Level 2 Magnetometer Data from 2013 and 2014 Launches
ReleaseDate
2020-07-08 21:01:26Z
Description
This data group contains uncalibrated readings, with nominal conversion, from the three axis magnetometers that are onboard multiple balloons of the BARREL (Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses) investigation in 2013 and 2014. Bx, By, Bz and scalar data sampled at 4 Hz are neither gain corrected nor despun.
Acknowledgement
We acknowledge R. M. Millan et al., for use of data from the BARREL investigation data.
Contacts
InformationURL
Name
Access to all releases of BARREL data and links to the Science Operation Center tools.
URL
Description
BARREL Data Repository and Tools
InformationURL
Name
Fact Sheet at PI site
URL
Description
BARREL Data Repository and Tools
PriorIDs
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/BARREL/MAG/L2/MAGN/PT1S
Known hardware and calibration issues are:
Payload 1L - Lost contact on ascent, returned no science data;
Payload 1N - GPS failure early in flight => location and timing errors exist;
Paylaod 1W - balloon failed on launch, returned no science data.