Name: Explorer 33 3-min solar wind plasma data
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There are no spacecraft position data in the records. The data are in annual ASCII files. Metadata Rights CC0-1.0: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal Note CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available SPASE metadata descriptions. The actual data/software may be subject to a different license. View XML | Edit Details Version:2.7.1 NumericalData ResourceID spase://NASA/NumericalData/Explorer33/FaradayCup/PT3M NamingAuthority NASA ResourceType NumericalData ResourceHeader ResourceName Explorer 33 3-min solar wind plasma data ReleaseDate 2025-12-04 13:29:11Z RevisionHistory RevisionEvent ReleaseDate 2021-03-11 18:39:11Z Note Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata RevisionEvent ReleaseDate 2025-12-04 13:29:11Z Note Added MetadataRightsList and RightsList(s). Added ResourceType and NamingAuthority. Updated to 2.7.1. Changed http to https in top-level schemaLocation attribute. Fixed version number separator in top-level schemaLocation attribute. ZCB Description This data set has 3-min resolution solar wind plasma parameters (flow speed and direction angles, ion thermal speed and density) from the MIT Faraday Cup on Explorer 33 (AIMP 1, IMP D). There are no spacecraft position data in the records. The data are in annual ASCII files. Acknowledgement To the MIT plasma team and to the Space Physics Data Facility at Goddard Contacts Role Person StartDate StopDate Note 1. GeneralContact spase://SMWG/Person/Alan.J.Lazarus InformationURL Name NSSDC Master Catalog URL https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1966-058A-06 Description This reference contains a citation to a descriptive 1967 J.Geophys.Res. paper by the MIT team. InformationURL Name NSSDC Data Set Catalog URL https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/documents/old/documentation_from_nssdc/dataset_catalogs/DSC_0168.pdf PriorIDs spase://VHO/NumericalData/Explorer33/FaradayCup/PT3M spase://VSPO/NumericalData/Explorer33/FaradayCup/PT3M AccessInformation RepositoryID spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF Availability Online AccessRights Open RightsList Rights SchemeURI https://spdx.org/licenses/ RightsIdentifierScheme SPDX RightsIdentifier CC0-1.0 RightsURI https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html RightsName Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal Note CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products AccessURL Name FTPS from SPDF (not with most browsers) URL ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/explorer/explorer33/plasma_probe/3-min_interplanetary_plasma_param/ AccessURL Name HTTPS from SPDF URL https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/explorer/explorer33/plasma_probe/3-min_interplanetary_plasma_param/ Description In CDF via HTTP from SPDF Format Text DataExtent Quantity 11 Units MB Acknowledgement The MIT Plasma Team and NSSDC ProcessingLevel Calibrated InstrumentIDs spase://SMWG/Instrument/Explorer33/FaradayCup MeasurementType ThermalPlasma TemporalDescription TimeSpan StartDate 1966-07-06 00:00:00 StopDate 1971-10-14 00:00:00 Cadence PT3M ObservedRegion Heliosphere.NearEarth Caveats There are no spacecraft ephemeris data in this data set, as of September, 2010. Parameter #1 Name Ion density ParameterKey Column_8 Cadence PT3M Units 1/cm**3 Particle ParticleType Ion ParticleQuantity NumberDensity Parameter #2 Name Thermal speed ParameterKey Column_12 Cadence PT3M Units km/s Particle ParticleType Ion ParticleQuantity ThermalSpeed Parameter #3 Name Flow speed ParameterKey Column_17 Description Made from aberration-corrected flow velocity Cadence PT3M Units km/s Particle ParticleType Ion ParticleQuantity FlowSpeed Parameter #4 Name Flow direction angles Description Both aberrated (columns 10 and 11) and unaberrated (columns 15 and 16) flow directions are given, first longitude then latitude. Cadence PT3M Units deg CoordinateSystem CoordinateRepresentation Spherical CoordinateSystemName GSE Structure Size 2 2 Description Flow latitude and longitude angles, aberrated and unaberrated Particle ParticleType Ion ParticleQuantity ArrivalDirection