ResourceName
CRRES PROTEL proton equatorial distributions vs.L
ReleaseDate
2021-03-10 20:13:28Z
Description
This data set holds half-orbit (~5 hour) resolution
proton distributions (19 5-deg equatorial pitch angles vs. 24 energies)
from the Proton Telescope (PROTEL) on the CRRES spacecraft.
The energy range covered is 1-100 MeV. These data are developed from
the 1-min insitu pitch angle distributions by assigning each 5-deg bin
in pitch angle a corresponding McIlwain L value and then by mapping the
insitu pitch angle distribution to the equator, into 0.05-wide L bins,
assuming first adiabatic invariant conservation. The mapping yields
equivalent equatorial pitch angles. Flux data for a given half-orbit,
given 0.05-wide L bin, given equatorial pitch angle and given energy bin
are then averaged. Data records are for a given half-orbit and given
L bin; each record contains averaged fluxes vs. equatorial pitch angle
and energy. The data are in SGI(UNIX) binary format. Read software
is contained within the companion documentation.
Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge Gary Mullen at AFRL.
Contacts
InformationURL
Name
AFRL Descriptive Document
URL
Description
AFRL document authored by Donald Brautigam on HEEP and PROTEL,
now a readme at nssdcftp.
PriorIDs
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/CRRES/PROTEL/Lbins
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/CRRES/PROTEL/PT5H