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LANL 046 MPA data
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The LANL 1989-046 MPA data set contains various parameters in a variety of coordinates systems including GEI, spacecraft, polar geographic, and polar magnetic coordinates at about 87 s resolution. These parameters include universal time, denisty, velocity, and temperature for both low and high energy ions and electrons as well as position information and instrument status flags.
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LANL 046 MPA
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Time format in data files is: day, month, year hour, min, seconds. Ex: '01-Jan-1981 00:00:00.000'
PT87S
Earth.Magnetosphere.Main
Earth.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt
Earth.NearSurface.Plasmasphere
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87 sec
Geosynchronous
LANL
Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer
MPA
LANL 046 MPA Lower Edge Look Angles
Theta_l
The detector lower edge look angles for the MPA instrument.
degrees
lower look angle
0.0
180.0
0.0
180.0
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Upper Edge Look Angles
Theta_u
The detector upper edge look angles for the MPA instrument.
degrees
upper look angle
0.0
180.0
0.0
180.0
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Geometric Factor Times the Efficiency
etimesg
The geometric factor times the efficiency for the MPA instrument.
cm^2 sr
geo factor * eff
0.0
1.0
0.0
1.0
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Center Energy Ions Values
ecp
The center energy for the ions values.
eV
center energy ions values
0.0
50000.0
0.0
50000.0
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Center Energy Electron Values
ece
The center energy for the electron values.
eV
center energy electron values
0.0
50000.0
0.0
50000.0
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Energy Dependent Efficiency Values for the Ions
effecp
The Energy dependent efficiency values for the ions.
energy depend eff. ions values
0.0
50000.0
0.0
50000.0
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Energy Dependent Efficiency Values for the Electrons
effecp
The Energy dependent efficiency values for the electrons.
energy depend eff. electrons values
0.0
50000.0
0.0
50000.0
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Time of proton collection
Epoch
This is the time of the proton data collection (electrons 21.5 seconds later). Universal Time in data cell: day, month, year hour, min, seconds. Ex: '01-Jan-1981 00:00:00.000'.
Interval centered time tag
ms
1.0e-3>s
Epoch
01-08-1992T00:00:00.000
31-12-2020T23:59:59.000
-1.0000e+031
Temporal
LANL 046 MPA Universal Time of Recorc
Uthours
This is the universal time of data collection.
Interval centered time tag
hours
UT hours
0.0
24.0
0
24
-1.0000e+031
Temporal
LANL 046 MPA Invalid mainframes
Inval_mf
The invalid mainframe counts.
Invalid mainframes
0.0
2147483640
0.0
2147483640
-2147483648
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Spacecraft Position, Geographic x,y,z location
xyzgeo
LANL 046 spacecraft position, geographic coordinates (x,y,z).
km
Cartesian
GEO
3
Geographic Coordinates.
Radius
Magnitude
1
Latitude
DirectionAngle.ElevationAngle
2
Longitude
DirectionAngle.AzimuthAngle
3
-1.0e+10
1.0e+10
-1.0000e+031
Vector
Positional
LANL 046 MPA Background Count Rate 6P and 6E
backgrd
Background Count Rate of 6P's and 6E's. The meaning of this parameter is unclear.
cnts/9ms
background counts
0.1
1000.0
0.0
1000.0
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Spacecraft Potential
Poten
LANL spacecraft potential in units of volts.
volts
s/c poten.
-10000.0
0.0
-20000.
0.0
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Potential
LANL 046 MPA Data Quality Flag
Flags
Data quality flag.
Qual flags
0
2147483640
0
2147483640
-2147483648
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Azimuthal Angle Ions
Azanglp
MPA ions azimuthal angle from the north.
degrees
Azimuth angle for ions
0
360
0
360
-1.0000e+031
Ion
Array
ArrivalDirection
LANL 046 MPA Azimuthal Angle electrons
Azangle
MPA electrons azimuthal angle from the north.
degrees
Azimuth angle for electrons
0
360
0
360
-1.0000e+031
Electron
Array
ArrivalDirection
LANL 046 MPA Background-corrected Ion Counts
Pcounts
Background corrected ion counts.
counts per 9ms
Ion counts
0.1
1.0e+10
0.0
1.0e+10
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Background-corrected Electron Counts
Ecounts
Background corrected electron counts.
counts per 9ms
Electron counts
0.1
1.0e+10
0.0
1.0e+10
-1.0000e+031
Scalar
Other
LANL 046 MPA Partial Density of Low Energy Ions
dens_lop
MPA partial density of low energy ions.
cm^-3
1.0e6>m^-3
low p dens
0.1
1000.0
0.0
100000.0
-1.0000e+031
Ion
Scalar
NumberDensity
LANL 046 MPA Velocity Vector Low-Enery Ions
vel_lop
MPA velocity vector low-enery Ions in spacecraft Coordinates in units of km/s.
km/s
1.0e3>m s^-1
Cartesian
SC
-200
200
3
VX
Component.I
1
VY
Component.J
2
VZ
Component.K
3
-2000
2000
-1.0000e+031
Ion
Vector
Velocity
LANL 046 MPA Partial Density high-Energy Electrons
dens_hip
MPA partial density of high energy electrons.
elec dens
0.01
100.0
0.0
100000.0
-1.0000e+031
Electron
Scalar
NumberDensity
LANL 046 MPA Temperature High-E Ions
temp_hip
MPA temperature of high energy ions.
eV
high p temp
100
50000.0
2
Temp Parallel
Component.I
1
Temp Perpendicular
Component.J
2
0.0
50000.0
-1.0000e+031
Ion
Vector
Temperature
LANL 046 MPA Polar, Azimuthal Angle High-E Proton Symmetry Axis
theta_phi_hip
MPA proton symmetry axis: polar angle relative to Earth direction, azimuthal angle from the north.
deg
Spherical
SC
2
Polar Angle
DirectionAngle.PolarAngle
1
degrees
0
180
Azimuthal Angle
DirectionAngle.AzimuthAngle
2
degrees
-90
90
-1.0000e+031
Ion
Array
ArrivalDirection
0.13
45
keV/e
LANL 046 MPA Partial Density Electrons
dens_e
MPA partial density of electrons.
# cm^-3
elec dens
0.01
100.0
0.0
100000.0
-1.0000e+031
Electron
Scalar
NumberDensity
LANL 046 MPA Temperature Electrons
temp_e
MPA temperature of electrons.
eV
Temperature electrons
100
50000.0
2
Temp Parallel
Component.I
1
Temp Perpendicular
Component.J
2
0.0
50000.0
-1.0000e+031
Electron
Vector
Temperature
LANL 046 MPA Polar, Azimuthal Angle Electron Symmetry Axis
thetaphi_e
MPA electron symmetry axis: polar angle relative to Earth direction, azimuthal angle from the north.
Spherical
SC
2
Polar Angle
DirectionAngle.PolarAngle
1
degrees
0
180
Azimuthal Angle
DirectionAngle.AzimuthAngle
2
degrees
-90
90
-1.0000e+031
Electron
Array
ArrivalDirection