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STEREO-A Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) 2-hour Iron Plasma Parameters

(2023). STEREO-A Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) 2-hour Iron Plasma Parameters. [Data set]. Goddard Space Flight Center. https://doi.org/10.48322/8gb9-1w75. Accessed on .

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/STEREO-A/PLASTIC/Fe-abundance/PT2H

Description
This data product contains 2-hour averaged values of solar wind iron flow speed, density, thermal speed, iron to proton density ratio, and quality flags for each of these parameters. It also contains the iron charge state used in the V and Vth (1D Maxwellian) fitting algorithm

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/STEREO-A/PLASTIC/Fe-abundance/PT2H
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
STEREO-A Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) 2-hour Iron Plasma Parameters
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/8gb9-1w75
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:31:34Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2021-04-27 15:38:11
Note
Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2023-07-30 12:34:56.789
Note
Added DOI and PublicationInfo minted by LFB, metadata versioned up to SPASE 2.6.0, reviewed by LFB 20230727
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-10-03 10:49:12Z
Note
Updated PublishedBy name to match ROR Registry. Added ResourceType and NamingAuthority. Changed http to https in top-level schemaLocation attribute. Fixed version number separator in top-level schemaLocation attribute. Matched version number in schemaLocation attribute to updated value in Version tag. ZCB
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:31:34Z
Note
Added MetadataRightsList and RightsList(s). Updated to 2.7.1. ZCB
Description
This data product contains 2-hour averaged values of solar wind iron flow speed, density, thermal speed, iron to proton density ratio, and quality flags for each of these parameters. It also contains the iron charge state used in the V and Vth (1D Maxwellian) fitting algorithm
Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge STEREO PLASTIC Investigation (A.B. Galvin, PI) and NASA Contract NAS5-00132.
PublicationInfo
Authors
Galvin, Antoinette, B.
PublicationDate
2023-01-01 00:00:00
PublishedBy
Goddard Space Flight Center
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. PrincipalInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/Antoinette.B.Galvin
2. MetadataContact spase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze

InformationURL
Name
PLASTIC Index page at UNH
URL
http://stereo.sr.unh.edu/data/PLASTIC_Resources/index.htm
InformationURL
Name
Readme at STEREO Science Center
URL
https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/data/ins_data/plastic/level2/Iron/READ_ME_PLASTIC_Iron_Abundance_Kinetic.pdf
PriorIDs
spase://VHO/NumericalData/STEREO-A/PLASTIC/Fe-abundance/PT2H
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/STEREO-A/PLASTIC/Fe_charge_state/PT2H
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/STEREO-A/PLASTIC/Fe-abundance/PT2H
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/STEREO_SC
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
STEREO Science Center - ASCII
URL
https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/data/ins_data/plastic/level2/Iron/text/
Description
In ASCII via http from SSC
Format
Text
DataExtent
Quantity
400
Units
KB
Per
P1Y
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/STEREO_SC
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
STEREO Science Center - CDF
URL
https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/data/ins_data/plastic/level2/Iron/CDFs/A/
Description
In CDF via ftp from SSC
Format
CDF
DataExtent
Quantity
170
Units
KB
Per
P1Y
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF/CDAWeb
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
CDAWeb
URL
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eval2.cgi?dataset=STA_L2_PLA_IRON_Q_2HR&index=sp_phys
ProductKey
STA_L2_PLA_IRON_Q_2HR
Description
Subset, plot and list, via CDAWeb
Format
Text
AccessDirectoryTemplate
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/stereo/ahead/l2/plastic/iron/2hr/$Y
AccessFilenameTemplate
sta_l2_pla_iron_q_2hr_$Y$m$d_$v.cdf
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
CDAWeb Programmatic Data Access
URL
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WS/cdasr/1/dataviews/sp_phys/datasets/STA_L2_PLA_IRON_Q_2HR/clientLibraryExample/
Style
WebService
ProductKey
STA_L2_PLA_IRON_Q_2HR
Description
Access to this data from common programming environments. Note: this AccessInformation element was added by HDPWS.
Format
Binary
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF/CDAWeb
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
CDAWeb HAPI Server
URL
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/hapi
Style
HAPI
ProductKey
STA_L2_PLA_IRON_Q_2HR
Description
Web Service to this product using the HAPI interface.
Format
CSV
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF/CDAWeb
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/stereo/ahead/l2/plastic/iron/2hr/
Description
In CDF via ftp from SPDF
AccessURL
Name
HTTPS from SPDF
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/stereo/ahead/l2/plastic/iron/2hr/
Description
In CDF via http from SPDF
Format
CDF
DataExtent
Quantity
840
Units
KB
Per
P1Y
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/STEREO-A/PLASTIC
MeasurementType
ThermalPlasma
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2007-01-01 00:00:00
RelativeStopDate
-P1Y
Cadence
PT2H
ObservedRegion
Heliosphere.Remote1AU
Parameter #1
Name
Epoch
ParameterKey
epoch
Description
Beginning of time interval
Units
ms
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
PB5 Time
ParameterKey
time_pb5
Description
Time of observation in Year, Day, and millisecond
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
Average Charge State Iron
ParameterKey
Fe_aveQ
Description
Average charge state for iron. Charge state 1 is singly ionized ion. Typical uncertainty is half a charge unit.
ValidMin
26.0
ValidMax
0.5
FillValue
-1e31
Particle
ParticleType
Ion
ParticleQuantity
ChargeState
Parameter #4
Name
Normalized Counts
ParameterKey
Qty
Description
Normalized counts used in the charge state calculation process. Provided as a measure of counting statistics
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
7000000
FillValue
-1e31
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #5
Name
Fe charge state histogram
ParameterKey
Fe_Q
Description
Fe charge state histograms. Example: bin 10 includes all calculated charge states 10.0 less than or equal to Q and less than 11.0. Avg Q may be calculated by combining the counts at each bin with the bin value of bin +0.5
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
7000000
FillValue
-1e31
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
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