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DE 1 Plasma Wave Instrument (PWI) Step Frequency and Low Frequency Correlator Spectrogram Plots

(2025). DE 1 Plasma Wave Instrument (PWI) Step Frequency and Low Frequency Correlator Spectrogram Plots [Data set]. Space Physics Data Facility; University of Iowa.

ResourceID
spase://NASA/DisplayData/DE1/PWI/SFC_LFC/PT409M

Description

This dataset contains dynamic spectrogram PNG plots of the DE-1/PWI Step Frequency Correlator and Low Frequency Correlator data. Each plot spans one orbital period (6 hours 49 minutes). There are three types of files in this dataset. Those derived from data using: 1) the spin-plane 200m electric antenna (Ex), 2) the spin-axis 8m electric antenna (Ez) and 3) the magnetic antennas (B-H) consisting of a 1.0m^2 loop antenna in the spin plane and a search coil on the spin axis. Each image consists of two panels. The title above each panel indicates the instrument, antenna and frequency range. Each panel is a plot of the power spectral density of received signal (color scale) as a function of operating frequency (in a logarithmic scale on the vertical axis) and time (horizontal axis). Beneath the time labels on the horizontal axis of the spectrograms are ephemeris data: position of the spacecraft in radial distance (Earth radii), McIlwain L-shell, magnetic local time, and geomagnetic latitude. Overlaid on each image are traces of the electron cyclotron frequencies. The file naming convention is: de1_pwi_0000_YYYYMMDD_HHMM_AAA.png where: 0000 - Replace with orbit number YYYYMMDD - Replace with date HHMM - Replace with start time AAA - Replace with antenna string

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Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
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CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available SPASE metadata descriptions

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/DisplayData/DE1/PWI/SFC_LFC/PT409M
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
DisplayData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
DE 1 Plasma Wave Instrument (PWI) Step Frequency and Low Frequency Correlator Spectrogram Plots
AlternateName
Dynamics Explorer 1 PWI SFR/LFC Spectrogram Plots.
AlternateName
DE-A PWI SFR/LFC Spectrogram Plots.
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:27:55Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2020-07-07 19:48:33Z
Note
Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-11-14 16:17:33Z
Note
Added PublicationInfo. 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 13:27:55Z
Note
Added MetadataRightsList and RightsList(s). Updated to 2.7.1. ZCB
Description

This dataset contains dynamic spectrogram PNG plots of the DE-1/PWI Step Frequency Correlator and Low Frequency Correlator data. Each plot spans one orbital period (6 hours 49 minutes). There are three types of files in this dataset. Those derived from data using: 1) the spin-plane 200m electric antenna (Ex), 2) the spin-axis 8m electric antenna (Ez) and 3) the magnetic antennas (B-H) consisting of a 1.0m^2 loop antenna in the spin plane and a search coil on the spin axis. Each image consists of two panels. The title above each panel indicates the instrument, antenna and frequency range. Each panel is a plot of the power spectral density of received signal (color scale) as a function of operating frequency (in a logarithmic scale on the vertical axis) and time (horizontal axis). Beneath the time labels on the horizontal axis of the spectrograms are ephemeris data: position of the spacecraft in radial distance (Earth radii), McIlwain L-shell, magnetic local time, and geomagnetic latitude. Overlaid on each image are traces of the electron cyclotron frequencies. The file naming convention is: de1_pwi_0000_YYYYMMDD_HHMM_AAA.png where: 0000 - Replace with orbit number YYYYMMDD - Replace with date HHMM - Replace with start time AAA - Replace with antenna string

PublicationInfo
Authors
Gurnett, Donald A.
PublicationDate
2025-11-14 16:17:33Z
PublishedBy
Space Physics Data Facility; University of Iowa
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Donald.A.Gurnett
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Jolene.S.Pickett
3.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Larry.J.Granroth
4.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Chris.W.Piker
InformationURL
Name
DE-1 Plasma Wave Investigation
URL
Description

DE-1 PWI page maintained at the University of Iowa with descriptions of the instrument, an interactive spectrogram viewer for creating summary plots and access to pregenerated dynamic spectrograms.

Language
en
InformationURL
Name
Plasma Wave Instrument page at the NSSDC Master Catalog
URL
Language
en
Association
AssociationID
AssociationType
DerivedFrom
Association
AssociationID
AssociationType
DerivedFrom
Association
AssociationID
AssociationType
DerivedFrom
PriorIDs
spase://VWO/DisplayData/DynamicsExplorer1/PWI/SFC.LFC.PT409M
spase://VSPO/DisplayData/DynamicsExplorer1/PWI/SFC_LFC/PT409M
spase://VSPO/DisplayData/DE1/PWI/SFC_LFC/PT409M
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
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
DE-1/PWI SFC/LFC Browse Spectrogram Plots
URL
Description

Access to a directory tree (ordered by year) of PNG format plots for DE-1 PWI SFC/LFC combineddynamic spectrograms. The files include those derived from data received by the spin-plane electric (Ex) the spin-axis electric (Ez) and the magnetic (B-H) antennas.

Language
en
Format
PNG
Encoding
None
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
DE-1/PWI SFC/LFC Browse Spectrogram Plots
URL
Description

Access to a directory tree (ordered by the first three digits of orbit number) of PNG format plots for DE-1 PWI SFC/LFC combineddynamic spectrograms. The files include those derived from data received by the spin-plane electric (Ex) the spin-axis electric (Ez) and the magnetic (B-H) antennas.

Language
en
Format
PNG
Encoding
None
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
Waves.Passive
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1981-09-16 05:20:00Z
StopDate
1984-06-28 23:20:00Z
DisplayCadence
PT409M
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Plasmasphere
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.AuroralRegion
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.PolarCap
ObservedRegion
Heliosphere.Inner
Keywords
Dynamic Spectrogram
Spectrogram
AKR
Auroral hiss
Auroral Kilometric Radiation
Banded emissions
Broadband Electrostatic Noise (BEN)
Chorus
Continuum radiation
Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron waves
EMIC
Electron Cyclotron Harmonics
Kilometric Continuum radiation
Myriametric radiation
Plasmaspheric Hiss
Solar radio burst
Terrestrial Kilometric Radiation
TKR
UHR
Upper hybrid resonance
Whistler mode
Whistlers
Parameter #1
Name
SFC/LFC Electric Power Spectral Density
Units
V^2*m^-2*Hz^-1
Wave
WaveType
PlasmaWaves
Qualifier
Magnitude
Qualifier
Pseudo
WaveQuantity
ACElectricField
FrequencyRange
SpectralRange
RadioFrequency
Low
1.78
High
409000
Units
Hz
Parameter #2
Name
SFC/LFC Magnetic Power Spectral Density
Units
nT^2 Hz^-1
Wave
WaveType
PlasmaWaves
Qualifier
Magnitude
Qualifier
Pseudo
WaveQuantity
ACMagneticField
FrequencyRange
SpectralRange
RadioFrequency
Low
1.78
High
409000
Units
Hz