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CRRES plasma wave data

(2025). CRRES plasma wave data [Data set]. University of California, Los Angeles.

ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/CRRES/PWE/PT8S

Description

This data set contains electron cyclotron frequency, plasma frequency, upper hybrid frequency, and electron density data from the Plasma Wave Experiment on board CREES at about 8 s resolution.

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Version:2.7.1

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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 SPASE metadata descriptions

Version:2.7.1

NumericalData

ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/CRRES/PWE/PT8S
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
CRRES plasma wave data
AlternateName
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment data
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:29:05Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-05-01 21:14:30Z
Note
Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-11-14 16:03:09Z
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 13:29:05Z
Note
Added MetadataRightsList. Updated to 2.7.1. ZCB
Description

This data set contains electron cyclotron frequency, plasma frequency, upper hybrid frequency, and electron density data from the Plasma Wave Experiment on board CREES at about 8 s resolution.

Acknowledgement
NASA; Department of Defense-Department of the Air Force (United States); AFRL; Dr. Roger R. Anderson; Dr. E. Gary Mullen
PublicationInfo
Authors
Anderson, Roger R.; Mullen, E. G.
PublicationDate
2025-11-14 16:03:09Z
PublishedBy
University of California, Los Angeles
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Roger.R.Anderson
2.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/E.Gary.Mullen
3.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand
InformationURL
Name
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment
URL
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1990-065A-19
Description

NASA NSSDC CRRES plasma wave experiment details

Association
AssociationID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/CRRES
AssociationType
ObservedBy
PriorIDs
spase://VMO/NumericalData/CRRES/PWE/PT8S
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/CRRES/PWE/PT8S
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/UCLA/VMO
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory
URL
http://vmo.igpp.ucla.edu/data1/CRRES/PWE/PT8S/
Format
Text
Encoding
ASCII
Acknowledgement
NASA; Department of Defense-Department of the Air Force (United States); AFRL; Dr. Roger R. Anderson; Dr. E. Gary Mullen
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
ProviderResourceName
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment (PWE)
ProviderProcessingLevel
Level-2
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/CRRES/PWE
MeasurementType
Waves
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1990-08-19 00:00:00.000
StopDate
1991-09-12 00:00:00.000
Note
Time format in data files is: Year-Month-Day Hour Minute Second (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSS)
Cadence
PT8S
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere.Main
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt
Keywords
8 s
Radiation Belt
Inner Magnetosphere
Magnetosphere
Radiation Belt
Plasmasphere
plasma frequencies
plasma wave experiment
plasma waves
Parameter #1
Name
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment Vehicle Time Code Word at 8 s resolution
ParameterKey
Plasma Wave Experiment Vehicle Time Code Word
Description

CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment vehicle time code word at 8 s resolution.

Caveats
Flags=-999; Flag does not alway adhere to this value.
Cadence
PT8S
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment Year and Day of Year at 8 s resolution
ParameterKey
Plasma Wave Experiment year and DOY
Description

CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment year and DOY in the format of YYDDD (2 digit year and 3 digit day of year) at 8 s resolution.

Caveats
Flags=-999; Flag does not alway adhere to this value.
Cadence
PT8S
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
Universal Time
ParameterKey
Time
Description

Universal Time columns from left to right are: hour minute sec in the format of hh:mm:ss.

Caveats
Flags=-999; Flag does not alway adhere to this value.
Cadence
PT8S
Structure
Size
3
Description

Universal Time expressed using a 3-column hour, minute, second representation

Element
Name
Hour
Index
1
ParameterKey
Hour
Element
Name
Minute
Index
2
ParameterKey
Minute
Element
Name
Second
Index
3
ParameterKey
Second
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #4
Name
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment Electron Cyclotron Frequency at 8 s resolution
ParameterKey
Plasma Wave Experiment electron cyclotron frequency
Description

CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment electron cyclotron frequency at 8 s resolution in units of KHz.

Caveats
Flags=-999; Flag does not alway adhere to this value.
Cadence
PT8S
Units
Khz
Field
Qualifier
Magnitude
FieldQuantity
PlasmaFrequency
Parameter #5
Name
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment Upper Hybrid Resonance Frequency at 8 s resolution
ParameterKey
Plasma Wave Experiment upper hybrid resonance frequency
Description

CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment upper hybrid resonance frequency at 8 s resolution in units of KHz.

Caveats
Flags=-999; Flag does not alway adhere to this value.
Cadence
PT8S
Units
Khz
Field
Qualifier
Magnitude
FieldQuantity
PlasmaFrequency
Parameter #6
Name
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment Plasma Frequency at 8 s resolution
ParameterKey
Plasma Wave Experiment plasma frequency
Description

CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment plasma frequency at 8 s resolution in units of KHz.

Caveats
Flags=-999; Flag does not alway adhere to this value.
Cadence
PT8S
Units
Khz
Field
Qualifier
Magnitude
FieldQuantity
PlasmaFrequency
Parameter #7
Name
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment Electron Density at 8 s resolution
ParameterKey
Plasma Wave Experiment electron density
Description

CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment electron density at 8 s resolution in units of cm^-3.

Caveats
Flags=-999; Flag does not alway adhere to this value.
Cadence
PT8S
Units
cm^-3
Particle
ParticleType
Electron
Qualifier
Magnitude
ParticleQuantity
NumberDensity
Parameter #8
Name
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment Internal Code at 8 s resolution
ParameterKey
Plasma Wave Experiment internal code
Description

CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment internal code at 8 s resolution.

Caveats
Flags=-999; Flag does not alway adhere to this value.
Cadence
PT8S
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #9
Name
CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment Instrument Mode at 8 s resolution
ParameterKey
Plasma Wave Experiment instrument mode
Description

CRRES Plasma Wave Experiment instrument mode at 8 s resolution. This mode identifies the frequency range the instrument was in to identify the plasma frequency (M=P) or uppder hybrid resonance frequency (M=U).

Caveats
Flags=-999; Flag does not alway adhere to this value.
Cadence
PT8S
Support
SupportQuantity
Other