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IMAGE Radio Plasma Imager (RPI) Plasmagram data in CDF at NASA CDAWeb
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Software suggested by the science team for CDF file visualization: (1) Plotting tool at the CDAWeb portal, (2) For analysis beyond static image inspection, including color scale optimization, zooming, text export, alternative data representations in physical units, detailed frequency and time information, overlaid model fpe and fce graphs, and EPS quality figures, use BinBrowser software at UML, http://ulcar.uml.edu/rpi.html
Users please acknowledge Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and RPI Principal Investigator Prof. B. W. Reinisch of the University of Massachusetts Lowell for making these CDF files available.
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CDAWeb FTP access to IMAGE RPI wave measurements (plasmagrams)
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FTP access to repository of IMAGE RPI Plasmagrams in CDF format at NASA CDAWeb.
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CDAWeb access portal to IMAGE RPI Plasmagrams
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Repository of IMAGE RPI Plasmagrams in CDF format at NASA CDAWeb, accessible via web interface. Name of the data resource: IM_K0_RPI.
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Users please acknowledge Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and RPI Principal Investigator Prof. B. W. Reinisch of the University of Massachusetts Lowell for making these CDF files available.
Calibrated
Calibrated data in physical units. Spacecraft MET to UT is converted using history of IMAGE observatory clock drift.
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Waves.Passive
Spectrum
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In Cadence below, the 5 minutes refers to the nominal interval between measurements. Actual cadence of passive measurement varied between 3 to 6 minutes depending on the RPI science plan and design of measurement schedules.
PT5M
PT72S
RadioFrequency
Earth.Magnetosphere
Earth.NearSurface.Plasmasphere
Earth.NearSurface.AuroralRegion
Earth.NearSurface.PolarCap
Heliosphere.Inner
Dynamic Spectrogram
Spectrogram
AKR
Auroral hiss
Auroral Kilometric Radiation
Chorus
Continuum radiation
Myriametric radiation
Plasmaspheric Hiss
Solar radio burst
Terrestrial Kilometric Radiation
TKR
Type II Solar radio burst
Type III Solar radio burst
UHR
Upper hybrid resonance
VLF Station
VLF Transmitter
Whistler
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Echo Amplitude
Amplitude
Echo Amplitude Image [nV].
PT5M
3/4 dBnV/m
PlasmaWaves
Magnitude
Spectral
Pseudo
Intensity
RadioFrequency
3
1009
kHz
Most Probable Amplitude
MPA
Most probable amplitude
3/4 dBnV/m
0
256
-32768
Other
Frequency
Frequency
PT5M
kHz
256
Linear 1D array of frequency values, up to 256. Actual number of frequencies for which the voltage spectral density values were measured depends on the choice of frequency sweep (see "Number of Frequencies" parameter and its description below). The "256" value stated in Size is the upper limit.
Frequency
-1
3
3000
-1.0e+031
Other
Actual Number of Frequencies
NumFreqs
Number of frequencies. Detailed plasmagram picture has the original number of frequencies as specified by RPI measurement parameters. Frequency axis varies from plasmagram to plasmagram. Plasmagram *thumbnails* have a fixed frequency axis. The original plasmagram data often requires transformation into thumbnail format by averaging.
0
256
-32768
Other
Time Line
Epoch
Plasmagram Time. The time in EPOCH referes to the beginning of the plasmagram, Use Duration_ms to obtain stop time of the run.
The 5 minutes refers to the nominal interval between measurements. Actual cadence of passive measurement varied between 3 to 6 minutes depending on the RPI science plan and design of measurement schedules.
PT5M
ms
Temporal
Measurement Duration
Duration_ms
Duration of one plasmagram measurement.
ms
Temporal
Base Gain
BaseGain
Instrument setting describing receiver gains in X/Y and Z channels, encoded. See data model description at http://ulcar.uml.edu/rpi.html for additional details on base gain decoding procedure.
0
16
255
Other
Program Specifications
ProgramSpecs
List of 25 parameter values that specify RPI instrument configuration during the measurement. For further detail on parameter value interpretation see data model description document at http://ulcar.uml.edu/rpi.html.
PT5M
25
Linear 1D array of values used to configure RPI instrument for a measurement mode.
RPI Parameter
-1
Other
Nadir crossing MET
NadirMET
Nadir crossing MET is the reference MET that uniquely identifies all RPI measurements. MET of the last Nadir crossing before the measurement starts.
PT5M
0.1 s
Temporal
Start MET
StartMET
Measurement start MET. Start MET is derived using the Nadir crossing MET and the time offset from the first packet header. Might not be unique due to telemetry losses.
PT5M
0.1s
Temporal
Operating Mode
OpMode
Calibration, Sounding, Thermal Noise, Relaxation, Whistler, Test Pattern.
PT5M
Other
Number of Dopplers
NumDopplers
PT5M
Other
Pulse Repetition Rate
RepetitionRate
0.5 pps (1 pulse every 2 sec), 1 pps, 2 pps, 4 pps, 10 pps, 20 pps, 50 pps.
PT5M
Hz
Other
Xmtr Antenna Setting
XmtrAntenna
1= Radio Silence (no Tx), 2= X antenna only, 3= Y antenna only, 4= X+Y Linearly polarized, 5= X+Y Right Circularly Polarized, 6= X+Y Left Circularly Polarized, 7= X+Y Right/Left Alternated, 8= X+Y Lin/Lin90 Alternated.
PT5M
Other
Coupler Mode
Couplers
0= OFF (untuned), 1= ON (tuned)
PT5M
Other
Operating Mode
Waveform
1= 16-chip complementary, 2= FM Chirp, 3= Staggered Pulse Sequence, 4= Long Pulse, 5= Short Pulse, 6= 0.5 s Pulse, 7= 1.95 s Pulse, 8= 8-chip complementary, 9= 4-chip complementary.
PT5M
Other
Gain Control
GainControl
0= Fixed Gain, 1= Auto Gain.
PT5M
Other
Frequency Search Enabled
FreqSearch
0= Search of quiet frequencies disabled, 1= Search of quiet frequencies enabled.
PT5M
Other
Peak Power Constraint
PeakPower
Total RPI Peak Power Consumption Constraint.
PT5M
Watts
Other
Actual Number of Ranges
NumRanges
Number of Ranges, depending on program setting and processing.
PT5M
Other
Range
Range
Range readings for 151 range bins.
PT5M
Re
Other
Echo Azimuth angle
Azimuth
Echo Azimuth angle. Values 0 to 254 cover 0 to 360 degrees.
PT5M
360/254 deg
Other
Echo Zenith angle
Zenith
Echo Zenith angle.
PT5M
deg
Other
Echo Doppler Number
DopplerNumber
Echo Doppler Number.
PT5M
steps
Other
Doppler Translation
DopplerTranslation
Translates Doppler Number to an actual Doppler Frequency. The entries are calculated from program parameters.
PT5M
Hz
Other